A treasure chest full of ship wheels, chains, pirate flags, spears, and questionable late-night decisions. Ye Olde Sea Chest started life in Marina del Rey as a salty little shoppe of nautical and Polynesian goods before steering itself into night club waters, because apparently selling ship décor was only the gateway rum.
This design revives the wonderfully overstuffed matchbook-style artwork from Ye Olde Sea Chest Nite Club at 4110 Lincoln Boulevard: part pirate stash, part dockside lounge, part California harbor fever dream. It feels like the kind of place where someone knew the difference between a schooner and a Scorpion Bowl, but ordered both anyway.
Product details: vintage-inspired nautical tiki graphic tee featuring Ye Olde Sea Chest Nite Club artwork from Marina del Rey, California. Designed for fans of lost California bars, vintage night clubs, nautical ephemera, pirate-bar graphics, dockside drinking culture, tiki-adjacent design, and old matchbook art with a little salt in its pockets.
Unisex graphic t-shirt
Subject: Ye Olde Sea Chest Nite Club
Location: 4110 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey, California
Era: late 1960s to 1970s
Theme: nautical bar, tiki-adjacent nightlife, pirate treasure, Marina del Rey, California harbor culture
Style: vintage matchbook / old night club logo / nautical ephemera
Print look: one-color dark navy illustration with distressed vintage texture
Shirt color shown: goldenrod / mustard yellow
Category: vintage bar tee, nautical graphic tee, lost California bar shirt, Marina del Rey tee, tiki-adjacent night club shirt
Great for fans of: old marina bars, pirate graphics, tiki history, matchbooks, vintage California nightlife, dockside drinking rooms, and places that sound like they had at least one suspiciously heavy door
The Story Behind the Shirt
Ye Olde Sea Chest operated in Marina del Rey during the boom years when Southern California could turn almost anything into atmosphere: a boat shop, a cocktail lounge, a pirate fantasy, a Polynesian corner, sometimes all before dinner. The business began as a nautical and Polynesian goods shop, then moved to 4110 Lincoln Boulevard around 1969 and later became a night club. The artwork captures that strange transition perfectly: a treasure chest bursting with maritime props, old dockside romance, and enough theatrical clutter to make the room feel halfway between harbor store and after-hours hideout.
This is not straight tiki. It is better than that in its own crooked way: nautical, tropical, California weird, and fully committed to the bit.
• 100% ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 6.1 oz/yd² (206.8 g/m²)
• Garment-dyed
• Relaxed fit
• 7/8″ double-needle topstitched collar
• Twill-taped neck and shoulders for extra durability
• Double-needle armhole, sleeve, and bottom hems
• Blank product sourced from Honduras
Size guide
| |
WIDTH (inches) |
LENGTH (inches) |
SLEEVE CENTER BACK (inches) |
| S |
18 ¼ |
26 ⅝ |
16 ¼ |
| M |
20 ¼ |
28 |
17 ¾ |
| L |
22 |
29 ⅜ |
19 |
| XL |
24 |
30 ¾ |
20 ½ |
| 2XL |
26 |
31 ⅝ |
21 ¾ |
| 3XL |
27 ¾ |
32 ½ |
23 ¼ |
| 4XL |
29 ¾ |
33 ½ |
24 ⅝ |
| |
WIDTH (cm) |
LENGTH (cm) |
SLEEVE CENTER BACK (cm) |
| S |
46.4 |
67.6 |
41.3 |
| M |
51.4 |
71.1 |
45 |
| L |
55.9 |
74.6 |
48.3 |
| XL |
61 |
78.1 |
52 |
| 2XL |
66 |
80.3 |
55.3 |
| 3XL |
70.5 |
82.6 |
59 |
| 4XL |
75.6 |
85 |
62.6 |
