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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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The folks at Destee Nation Shirt Company have one of the cooler ideas going - one that I wish could expand to Utah.

As described in this recent New York Times Magazine article, the Seattle-based Destee Nation sells T-shirts with vintage designs of real-life small businesses - diners, record stores, tourist attractions, and the like. The company signs deals with the small businesses, in which the small businesses keep the rights to the designs - and gets royalties based on T-shirt sales.

Right now, the businesses represented by the shirts are limited to California, Washington, Arizona and Hawaii. But there are plenty of Utah businesses that would be worthy of such retro-chic recognition.

Thumbing through the book Utah Curiosities, by Vulture emeritus Brandon Griggs, here are a few choice ones:

  • Ruth's Diner, Emigration Canyon
  • Shooting Star Saloon, Huntsville
  • Smith and Edwards, Ogden
  • Dairy Keen, Heber
  • Lehi Roller Mills, Lehi
  • Sunglow restaurant and motel, Bicknell
  • Big Rock Candy Mountain resort, Marysvale
  • Parry Lodge, Kanab
posted by Sean P. Means @ 8:46 AM |

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