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Carter Collection Armoire
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This chifforobe (armoire) is made from the ancient heart of pine boards by President Jimmy Carter. The 39th President of the United States made a number of these cabinets. This piece is part of the furnishings in the President’s home office in Plains, Georgia. President Carter indicates that the wood for this piece came from the attic of Rosalynn’s Great-Grandfather’s home. The doorknobs show distinct growth ring patterns with more than 50 years visibly counted.
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Carter Collection Bedside Nightstand
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This small table with a faux drawer is made from walnut and is today located as a bedside nightstand table in President Jimmy Carter's home in Plains, Georgia. Like many of the other furnishings in his home, this table was hand-made by President Carter. The piece was selected for 3D documentation by the USF DHHC, with input and collaboration with the Carter family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Methods used to document the table included 3D structured light scanning with photographic texture mapping. Photogrammetric methods were also used.
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Carter Collection Blacksmith Shop at Carter Boyhood Home
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This small, reconstructed blacksmith shop was made to replicate the small workshop at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site (Boyhood Home). According to President Carter, the shop had a dirt floor, and tools included a forge and anvil, drill press, and Emory wheel that were utilized in daily tool upkeep and repair. The President is a notable woodworker. He credits his time with his father in the Blacksmith shop with learning to work with tools that he would use in furniture making and, later, extensive philanthropy work in building and repairing homes with Habitat for Humanity. The blacksmith shop was also where the farm's mules and horses were shod, and the plows were sharpened.
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Carter Collection Boyhood Home of Jimmy Carter
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This 3D point cloud is of a modest farm home in Plains, Georgia, the boyhood home of the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. Today, the homestead, which includes several contributing and related structures and landscape areas, is part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park and is managed by the National Park Service. Our 3D laser scanning survey efforts at the site assist with long-term preservation and heritage tourism development for the park.
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Carter Collection Bronze Castings of Jimmy Carter's Hands
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These cast bronze hands of the 39th President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jimmy Carter, were made by Adrian E. Flatt (1921-2017), head of hand surgery at Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) in Dallas. Flatt has casts from over 120 celebrities, sports figures, politicians, astronauts, and other well-known persons. The bronze castings of President Carter’s hands are curated as part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park collections in Plains, Georgia. You can also find where the President left his handprints in wet cement at his boyhood home site.
Documented with permission of the National Park Service, Jimmy Carter Historical Park. Methods- structured light 3D scanning and photogrammetric imaging capture.
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Carter Collection Carter Family Homestead and Commissary
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The Boyhood Farm includes the Carter family home, several outbuildings, and the commissary run by Jimmy's Dad, Earl Carter. Adjacent to the store is a gas pump that was sold to passing motorists, and behind the store is a windmill of the type that operated on the Carter homestead. Fields planted with crop vegetables are to one side of the commissary, and a clay tennis court lies between the home and the store. Jimmy would play his father in tennis on this clay court, and while the games were tough, he said he could never get the better of his father. The commissary store was simple by design and was not always open. If someone stopped in at the store, Jimmy was often charged with opening it up and making the sale.
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Carter Collection Carter Presidential Podium, AR and VR Optimized and Annotated Model
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This hand-hewn, pine wood podium was used at the Plains Depot Campaign Headquarters of President Jimmy Carter. The podium is in several newspaper and print features from 1976, including his first press conference from Main Street in Plains after winning the office. The podium today is on display at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site at the Plains High School exhibit. The podium was a poignant symbol of the small-town values of President Carter and was a salvaged pulpit from a church in nearby Douglasville, Georgia. Historic graffiti from the campaign era is faintly etched on the surface, and a piece of chewing gum can still be found tucked under the ledge. The podium was documented using structured light 3D scanning in combination with photogrammetry texture mapping. The background image used from the AP Wire Service Photo-November 4, 1976. Shown in the photo are President-Elect Jimmy Carter, Vice President-Elect Walter Mondale and wife Joan Mondale, First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and family.
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Carter Collection Cedar Chest
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This cedar chest was made by President Jimmy Carter in 1996. Today, the piece stores woolen blankets in the master bedroom of the presidential home in Plains, Georgia. President Carter says that he used a lot of dovetail joints on this piece, which he cut by hand using a saw and chisel. Noted is the carved rose detail on the top of the chest. This furniture piece was selected for 3D documentation by the USF CDHGI with input and collaboration with the Carter family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. The furniture was documented using 3D laser scanning with structured light instrumentation and photographic techniques with a photogrammetric model shared here.
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Carter Collection Chaise Lounge Chair
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President Jimmy Carter made this chaise lounge chair after leaving the Navy in 1953. At the time, he and Rosalynn lived in a government housing project, and he made many of their furnishings using basic tools. The piece is made from pine with rope backing and is still used daily for naps and relaxing on their back porch at their current home in Plains, Georgia. The piece was selected for 3D documentation by the USF CDHGI, with input and collaboration with the Carter family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Photogrammetric methods were also used to document the piece.
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Carter Collection Coffee Table with Shelf
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President Carter made this coffee table from old pine lumber from a barn. The wood was salvaged from an old horse trough. Today, the table is used in the Carter home in Plains, Georgia, lovingly placed in the den and used for informal meals. Noted features are butterfly joints across the top surface that were used to join the two boards. The craftsmanship and furniture construction of President Carter is part of a 3D digital and archival program being undertaken by the Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections in the University of South Florida Libraries in collaboration with the Carter Family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of the Jimmy Carter Historical Park. Today, the piece is part of furnishings in the Carter home in Plains, Georgia.
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Carter Collection Copper-Lined Flower Table
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President Jimmy Carter made this chaise lounge chair after leaving the Navy in 1953. At the time, he and Rosalynn lived in a government housing project, and he made many of their furnishings using basic tools. The piece is made from pine with rope backing and is still used daily for naps and relaxing on their back porch at their current home in Plains, Georgia. The piece was selected for 3D documentation by the USF CDHGI, with input and collaboration with the Carter family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Photogrammetric methods were also used to document the piece.
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Carter Collection Day Couch
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Jimmy Carter made this couch using old pine boards and half-inch rope that he had available. Jimmy had just come home from the Navy in 1953, and he and Rosalynn were living in government housing at the time, where few tools were available for woodworking. A hammer and saw were mostly used to make this piece, and this was an inexpensive means of furnishing their home. Rosalynn helped with cushion upholstery and pillow-making for this and other furniture pieces that were made. The coach has been reupholstered many times through the years, and today, the couch is on the enclosed porch of their home in Plains, Georgia, and is one of President Carter's favorite nap spots! This furniture piece was selected for 3D documentation with input and collaboration with the Carter family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Methods used to document the bed included 3D structured light scanning with photographic texture mapping. Photogrammetric methods were also used.
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Carter Collection Four-Poster Bed
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This queen-sized four-poster bed is made from walnut and was Jimmy and Rosalynn’s bed they slept on since returning to Plains, Georgia, from the White House. The bed today remains with the family. Like many of the other furnishings in his home, this piece was hand-made by President Carter. He has stated that walnut is his favorite wood for furniture, and walnut is locally available from several old homesteads. This four-bed features tapered posts with eight equal sides. When in use, the bed always had skirting and a matching canopy.
The piece was selected for 3D documentation by the USF CDHGI, with input and collaboration with the Carter family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Methods used to document the bed included 3D structured light scanning with photographic texture mapping. Photogrammetric methods were also used.
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Carter Collection Gas Pump at Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm
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This gas pump sits beside the commissary at the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm site in Archery (outside Plains), Georgia, part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. This is a visible hand crank gas pump dating to the c.1930. The Carter family sold dry goods and food items in their commissary and operated a fuel stop at their farm along the Old Plains Highway.
This model is a part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park 3D Architecture Collection. This feature's 3D documentation is part of a virtual tour and 3D archive of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, a collaborative program between USF's Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information, the National Park Service, and the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.
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Carter Collection Green Wood Dining Chair, 1 of 4
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This chair goes with a small round walnut table - see our 3D scanned table model here: https://skfb.ly/osWGs. The chairs are made of hard maple with woven, green wood seats. This furniture, made by 39th President Jimmy Carter, is part of a 3D digital documentation and archival program being undertaken by the Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections in the University of South Florida Libraries and is in collaboration with the Carter Family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of the Jimmy Carter Historical Park. Today, the piece is part of the furnishings of the presidential home in Plains, Georgia.
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Carter Collection Jimmy Carter Campaign Peanut Bank
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National Park Service accession #JICA 3397. Here's an example of a campaign souvenir featuring the "toothy grin" design that appeared on several mementos during Jimmy Carter's presidency. His down-to-earth peanut farmer persona resonated with voters and helped him become the 39th President of the United States.
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Carter Collection Jimmy Carter Mailbox with Safe Place Symbols
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During the Great Depression era, the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm would often be the stop-off for homeless vagrants in search of work who rode the train that ran on the rails in front of the Carter homestead. The mailbox post was a medium for communication among the riders, showing them that this house was a safe place. Often depicted were symbols denoting good food and drink and kind women marked in chalk on the wooden post. Today, the National Park Service keeps this communication system alive, marking the mailbox post in front of the boyhood home of our nation's 39th President, Jimmy Carter, with the same symbols used during this time of need for many. Jimmy's mother, Lillian Carter, was known for her kindness and generosity, a trait that her son inherited.
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Carter Collection Pine Chess Table
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This end table with a shelf is made of old pine. The table has been photographed as used to hold a chess set that President Carter made in 1993. You can see the staining where the wood color has faded where the chess board once sat atop the table. The hand-carved chess set is now owned by a Saudi prince, with the set including a box designed to hold each piece that was lined in velvet (see: The Craftsmanship of Jimmy Carter by Jimmy Carter in 2018 for additional details and an image of the set with this table). Today, this small table remains in the Carter home in Plains, Georgia, and was documented using structured light scanning, imaging, and photogrammetry. This furniture piece was selected for 3D documentation by the USF DHHC with input and collaboration with the Carter family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park.
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Carter Collection Pine Stereo Table
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This small pine table was made by President Carter in 1995 and is located at their home in Plains, Georgia. It currently holds a stereo in the President's office. The piece was selected for 3D documentation by the USF CDHGI, with input and collaboration from the Carter family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Methods used to document the table included 3D structured light scanning with photographic texture mapping. Photogrammetric methods were also used.
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Carter Collection Presidential Campaign Rocker
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This hardwood and woven rocking chair was the favorite seat of Lillian Carter, mother of President Jimmy Carter. Miss Lillian sat in this chair at the Plains Depot, where campaign headquarters for her son were set up for the 1976 election. Lillian's chair is now displayed at the Plains High School Museum, part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, Plains, Georgia.
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Carter Collection Round Walnut Side Table
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This furniture piece, made by 39th President Jimmy Carter, is part of a 3D digital documentation and archival program being undertaken by the Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information at the University of South Florida Libraries and is in collaboration with the Carter Family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of the Jimmy Carter Historical Park. This small, elegant, yet simple side table is made from walnut. Today, the piece is part of the furnishings of the presidential home in Plains, Georgia.
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Carter Collection Slatted Walnut Coffee Table
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This slatted walnut coffee table, made by hand by 39th President Jimmy Carter, is part of a 3D digital documentation and archival program being undertaken by the Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information at the University of South Florida Libraries and is in collaboration with the Carter Family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of the Jimmy Carter Historical Park. Today, the piece is part of furnishings in the Carter home in Plains, Georgia. Documented using structured light scanning and external sensor imaging.
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Carter Collection Small Desk with Wing
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President Carter uses this small desk as part of his home office in Plains, Georgia, and made it himself. It is a simple walnut writing desk with a slide-out wing. The piece was recorded as part of a 3D documentation and archival program undertaken by the Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections in the University of South Florida Libraries and is in collaboration with the Carter Family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of the Jimmy Carter Historical Park. The piece was documented using structured light scanning with external sensor imaging.
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Carter Collection Small Round Walnut Table
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This small round table made from walnut is paired with four green wood dining chairs (see our 3D model from scanning showing 1 of 4 of these chairs: - https://skfb.ly/osWGr). The chairs are made of hard maple with woven, green wood seats. This furniture, made by 39th President Jimmy Carter, is part of a 3D digital documentation and archival program being undertaken by the Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Technologies in the University of South Florida Libraries and is in collaboration with the Carter Family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of the Jimmy Carter Historical Park. Today, this small, elegant, yet simple walnut table and chairs are part of the furnishings of the presidential home in Plains, Georgia.
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Carter Collection Small Walnut Table
Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information
This small table with a single drawer is made from walnut and is today located at the entry to President Jimmy Carter's home office in Plains, Georgia. Like many of the other furnishings in his home, this table was hand-made by President Carter. The piece was selected for 3D documentation by the USF CDHGI, with input and collaboration with the Carter family, the National Park Service, and the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Methods used to document the table included 3D structured light scanning with photographic texture mapping. Photogrammetric methods were also used.
