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During the Democratic National Convention, the GA Democratic Party presented Jimmy Carter with a glass statuette of a donkey kicking its hind legs, created by Georgia artist Hans Godo Frabel. You can view the statuette in our recreated Oval Office on the Resolute Desk! #Carter50
At 8:00 PM on 7/12/1976 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the 1976 Democratic National Convention commenced. There would be 3,008 delegates from all U.S. states and territories. Photos courtesy of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer found in our collection. #Carter50
The Carter Family were becoming more nationally recognized during the campaign, but their visit to NYC during the Democratic National Convention was primed for a media focus unlike anything before.
Photos courtesy of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer from our collection. #Carter50
On 07/10/1976, Jimmy, Rosalynn, and Amy Carter landed in New York City for the Democratic National Convention a couple of days early for rallies, meetings, and press. Lisa Barlow's 07/10/1976 photographs and schedule from our collection. #Carter50
For their celebration of the Bicentennial, Jimmy, Rosalynn, & Amy Carter visited Westville, a living history site depicting Georgia in 1850. Img no. 1: Ken Hawkins (Time Magazine), imgs 2-3 courtesy of the Georgia Archives, media schedule from our archive. #Carter50 #America250
It says something about how tight-knit classmates can be when one of them takes a break from campaigning for President to attend their high school reunion! #Carter50 Image: Plains High School Class of 1941; 6/12/1976 schedule from our collection.
On 6/4/76, Jimmy Carter stopped at Tony Packo's, a sausage shop on Front Street in Toledo, Ohio. They uniquely would have special visitors sign hot dog buns to hang on their walls. The only two surviving originals are Carter's (pictured) and future VP Walter Mondale's. #Carter50
The 6/3/1976 issue of Rolling Stone magazine ran Hunter S. Thompson's endorsement of Jimmy Carter for President as the cover story, depicted here. Thompson had known Carter for over two years by that point, and they remained friends until Thompson's death in 2005. #Carter50
With delegates from 8 states up for grabs on 05/25/76, the Carter family toured the Oregon Zoo where they met Slim the Donkey.
Carter picked up 137 delegates of a possible 260. Notably, he lost Alabama, albeit to Gov. George Wallace. #Carter50
Image courtesy of The Oregonian.
During the campaign, Jimmy Carter visited the California capital city of Sacramento a handful of times. On his 05/20/1976 visit, he briefly addressed the State Senate before hosting a rally on the Capitol steps. #Carter50
Image: Skip Shuman of the Sacramento Bee
On 05/17/76 in Nashville, Jimmy Carter briefly attended a show put on by the Charlie Daniels Band before hopping on a 10 PM flight to Little Rock.
The band’s track, “The South’s Gonna Do It”, was used as Jimmy Carter’s campaign song. #Carter50
Image: nlc18788.16, 08/28/80
A televised Bill Moyers interview with candidate Jimmy Carter aired on the show “USA: People and Politics” on 5/6/76. The segment would go on to win a Peabody Award. You can watch it on the https://t.co/8krmCRyc9j website! #Carter50
Images screencapped from video of interview.
One of the most important days of the 1976 Carter campaign was 5/4/1976, the Georgia Democratic Presidential primary. His crew stayed at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta to watch results come in. He won the primary with 83.44% of the votes. #Carter50
Images: NAID 117701067
With the 1976 Texas Dem. primary a couple of days away, Jimmy Carter gave a speech to the Student Bar Association at Southern Methodist Univ. in Dallas. He would win the primary with 47.65% of the votes. #Carter50
Image: Dallas Morning News, 4/30/76; Schedule from our collection
On 4/16/76, Carter addressed the Student Nat. Medical Convention in Washington, D.C. He summed up that "the point of any health care system is its end result—not for bureaus, or hospitals, or universities, or budgets—but for human beings.” #Carter50
Img: CFP_76C_AV_003_007_012
On 04/10/1976, candidate Jimmy Carter held a Q&A at Stephens College, the second-oldest continuously-operating women’s college in the United States and a place he would visit again as President. #Carter50
Image courtesy of the Columbia Missourian; schedule from our collection
No fooling around today, we've launched a new page on our website featuring Jimmy Carter's original 1976 campaign schedules! #Carter50
Access them here: https://t.co/Gd71h3Oi7u
Image from 4/1/1976: courtesy of Owen Franken and Getty Images; schedule from our collection
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