Carter Collection Carter Presidential Podium, AR and VR Optimized and Annotated Model

Creator

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information

Files

Publication Date

2022

Abstract

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.

Extent

1 3-D Model

Keywords

Cultural property, Politics and government, National Park Service, National Historic Site, Political campaigns, Furniture, 39th President, Jimmy Carter, Presidents, Friends Of Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter National Historical Park (Plains, Ga.), Historic preservation, Museums

Alt Text

A three-dimensional model of a wooden podium stained to a medium, orange-brown color with a plaque on its front that reads, "Donated to Jimmy Carter's Presidential Headquarters, Plains, Georgia, by Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Cosby, Douglasville, GA. 1976." The model is set against a still, black-and-white image of President Carter speaking while standing at the same podium. The back of the podium features a cabinet door that opens to two shelf areas in the podium's interior. Three annotations have been added to the model that the viewer can click through to view specific aspects of the image. The model can be rotated, moved, and zoomed in and out to allow for viewing of additional details at multiple angles.

Type

MovingImage

Recommended Citation

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information, "Carter Collection Carter Presidential Podium, AR and VR Optimized and Annotated Model" (2022). Carter Collection - 3D Models. 23.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cdhgi_carter_3d/23