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Our Pennsylvania Polka Tee affirms the Keystone State’s piece of the polka pie — both the music and dance style and the dot pattern in fashion. Redesigned and reintroduced in 2026, the tee borrows its kelly green and gold from Pennsylvania’s state flag.
“Pennsylvania Polka” the song is well known, of course, popularized by the Andrews Sisters in the 1942 movie, “Give Out, Sisters” and covered by many, including Canonsburg, Pa., native Bobby Vinton.
Polka dancing debuted in Prague ballrooms in 1835 and reached Paris on 1840. It arrived in England and the United States in the late 1840s.
As for the connection between the dance/music and the pattern, the website TheOldTimey.com said it isn’t clear, but “it’s thought that the pattern evokes the cheerful, light nature of the dance.”
The website noted that the first reference to polka dot fabric first appeared in print in 1857 in the Philadelphia-based women’s magazine Godey’s Lady’s Book.
Read the “Tale of the Tee” here.
Made from high-quality 4.4-ounce 100% cotton fabric. Screen printed in Lancaster, Pa.
Shirt sizes are unisex unless otherwise indicated; view our size chart to find your best fit.
Our Pennsylvania Polka Tee affirms the Keystone State’s piece of the polka pie — both the music and dance style and the dot pattern in fashion. Redesigned and reintroduced in 2026, the tee borrows its kelly green and gold from Pennsylvania’s state flag.
“Pennsylvania Polka” the song is well known, of course, popularized by the Andrews Sisters in the 1942 movie, “Give Out, Sisters” and covered by many, including Canonsburg, Pa., native Bobby Vinton.
Polka dancing debuted in Prague ballrooms in 1835 and reached Paris on 1840. It arrived in England and the United States in the late 1840s.
As for the connection between the dance/music and the pattern, the website TheOldTimey.com said it isn’t clear, but “it’s thought that the pattern evokes the cheerful, light nature of the dance.”
The website noted that the first reference to polka dot fabric first appeared in print in 1857 in the Philadelphia-based women’s magazine Godey’s Lady’s Book.
Read the “Tale of the Tee” here.
Made from high-quality 4.4-ounce 100% cotton fabric. Screen printed in Lancaster, Pa.
Shirt sizes are unisex unless otherwise indicated; view our size chart to find your best fit.