Personalized Custom Father of the Groom Shirt with Dad and Son Childhood Photo – Vintage Photo Tee

The groom used to ride on his shoulders. Now Dad’s in a suit and the kid’s getting married.

This custom father of the groom shirt prints an old photo of Dad with his boy between FATHER in white on top and OF THE GROOM in white on the bottom, on a personalized vintage dad tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie.

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The groom is the usual buyer, a week or two before the rehearsal dinner. He found the old backyard picture of himself on Dad’s shoulders and wants to give it back to him as a shirt instead of another bottle of bourbon.

• Wedding
• Father’s Day
• Family reunion

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The sweet spot photo

Our sample is a young dad in a plain white tee with a little boy in overalls on his shoulders, both laughing in a backyard with a wooden fence behind them. That’s the ideal: an old dad and son picture from when the groom was small.

We clean it up and print it in black and white, the way an album photo should look.

For the kid photo, head-and-shoulders or waist-up framing in everyday clothes prints best. Please skip bath and pool pictures. A newer photo of the two of them works too.

How do I order it?

1. Choose tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie in Dad’s size.
2. Pick the shirt color.
3. Upload the dad and son photo. The shoulder-ride sample on the listing is swapped for yours.
4. Note any crop wishes. Example: Dad and Sam, 1996, keep the fence.

Why the shoulder-ride photo says it for you

• Father of the groom gifts tend to be golf balls or a whiskey set
• Dads of grooms get less attention than anyone else in the family
• The old dad and son photos sit in an album at the folks’ house

A dad watching his son get married is remembering the kid on his shoulders. FATHER in white sits on top, OF THE GROOM in white below, and between them your black and white throwback of him with his little boy.

About the garments

For his dad wedding tee, the Comfort Colors 1717 is garment-dyed, 6.1 oz, 100% ring-spun cotton, cut relaxed and unisex in S–4XL. Cooler months suit the Comfort Colors 1566 crewneck, S–3XL in 80% ring-spun cotton and 20% polyester fleece.

The Comfort Colors 1567 hoodie (S–2XL) is preshrunk and garment-dyed, with a jersey-lined hood, matching drawcord and pouch pocket. Dads who like a roomier sweatshirt should go one or two sizes up from usual. Review the size guide before checkout.

Prefer full sleeves? Dad can get the Comfort Colors 6014 long sleeve in S–3XL. Youth and toddler options sit on the same menu: the 9018 youth tee in XS–XL and the Rabbit Skins 3326 toddler hoodie in 2T–5/6T.

Delivery

We print every shirt to order within 1–3 business days. USPS then handles tracked delivery in 3–5 business days, so plan on about 4–8 business days without a guaranteed date. Details on our shipping page.

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