Mister Rogers' Sweater
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1968 - 1984
name: label: wearer
content: Rogers, Fred
label: maker
content: Flagg, Nancy
notes: label: Description
content: This red knit cardigan was worn by Fred Rogers, creator and host of the children's program, <i>Mister Rogers' Neighborhood</i> (PBS, 1968-2001). For more than thirty years, Rogers began each episode by changing into a sweater and tennis shoes and singing, "Won't you be my neighbor?"
label: Description
content: An ordained Presbyterian minister, Rogers dedicated his television career to promoting children's emotional and moral well-being. His show, with its friendly conversational style and trips to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, encouraged young viewers to feel loved, respected, and special.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Television
label: used
content: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood {Television Program}
label: general subject association
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
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content: National Treasures exhibit
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Fred Rogers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0219.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0219
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0219.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sweater
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiber, acrylic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (zipper material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 31 in; 68.58 cm x 78.74 cm