Necktie

Object number2018.108.18

MediumSilk

Credit LineGift of Joanne Rogers

DescriptionNavy blue, light blue, and white striped tie.DimensionsLength x Width (Length of extended tie): 55.5 × 3.563 in. (141 × 9.1 cm)
MarksTag on back of tie: "MADE BY / Sulka EXPRESSLY FOR / BERMAN BROTHERS / PITTSBURGH".

Tag on end of tag reads "ALL SILK".
Label TextFred wore a tie or bowtie on each episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and often when he had press interviews or traveled. Joanne recounts that one of Fred’s favorite stories involved a stewardess who mistook him for Orville Redenbacher because of his bowtie. The tie-dyed bow tie remained one of Fred’s favorites because his friend Jan Newberry, wife of Mister Rogers’ producer Sam Newberry, made it for him.

Previous owner Fred McFeely Rogers

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