President Johnson’s personally-owned narrow white neck tie artistically monogrammed on the front with Johnson’s initials, “LBJ,” measuring 53″ long. A small tag reading “Simones, Dallas,” is sewn inside the narrow end. Scattered staining throughout, otherwise fine condition. Includes a detailed letter of provenance on White House letterhead from the wife of Melvon O. Carter, who had worked on the White House maintenance crew from the time of Presidents Hoover through Nixon. During Mr. Carter’s over 40 years of White House service, he was often in close proximity to the first family and was called upon for a variety of tasks. In part: “This tie was given to my husband by President Lyndon B. Johnson. One day my husband was in his bedroom at the White House checking on the repair of one of his many TV sets when the President handed it to him asking if he would like to have it…The tie has the initials LBJ on the front in black…Since this tie was owned by President Johnson it should be appropriately preserved.”
