Sunday River Maine Souvenir Patch — c. 1980s

A vintage Sunday River ski patch from Maine, estimated to date from the 1980s, round on a white ground inside a red merrowed border — a yellow sun rising behind a solid black peak, a blue wavy river beneath it, sunday river in red lowercase and MAINE in small caps below. Three shapes, four colors, one idea.

Three shapes, three colors, one idea. A ski area logo from the years before logos needed a usage guideline, a minimum clear space and an approved secondary palette.

It works at two inches across and it would work at twenty feet. Very little designed since does both.

It also survives in quantity, which is worth saying plainly. This is not a rare patch. It is a good one, from a mountain people have actually skied, at a price that makes it the obvious first thing to buy if you have never bought one of these before.

Embroidered on twill, merrowed edge. Photos are the condition report.