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1971 Screen Worn Cardigan Sweater Mister Fred Rogers Neighborhood

$ 46094.4

Availability: 86 in stock
  • Object Type: Wardrobe
  • Modified Item: No
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Industry: Television
  • Condition: Audrey Roth "Miss Paulificate" Provenance plus five scripts
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    A Fred Rogers Sweater from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," Circa 1971.
    PBS Television, 1968-2001. Teal blue wool, v-neck, five silver-colored 'crest' buttons, handstitched label inside has a blue ballpoint ink handwritten annotation reading
    "3;"
    worn by the host of the show and then gifted to Audrey Roth, the cast member who portrayed "Miss Paulificate" for many years; included with a letter from Roth's daughter which reads in part
    "My mother brought this sweater home after a day of taping / in the studios of WQED Pittsburgh.../not many 'button' sweater survive. The cable-knit zipper / sweaters made by Fred's mother are probably the most familiar;"
    also included are five of Roth's scripts from a full week of 1990s episodes titled "Dressing Up" and a small black and white publicity photograph of her.  This all comes in the original envelope. The sweater has pilling due to age.
    Script pages: 11" x 8 1/2"