Object Details
- Description
- Jimmy Carter wore this blue corduroy Future Farmers of America jacket during his time as a member of the Georgia Plains chapter during the 1940s. The jacket has the FFA seal on the left breast, with “Jimmy Carter/Secretary” embroidered in yellow on the right breast.
- The FFA was founded in 1928 to engage youngsters with agriculture and prepare young farmers for the future challenges of farming. In 1933 the band from the Fredericktown chapter of the FFA wore the blue corduroy jacket to the sixth annual convention, where the delegates became so enamoured with the jacket that it was adopted by the organization as its official dress.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of President Jimmy Carter
- ID Number
- 2014.0155.01
- catalog number
- 2014.0155.01
- accession number
- 2014.0155
- Object Name
- jacket
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 27 in x 62 in x 2 in; 68.58 cm x 157.48 cm x 5.08 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- American Enterprise
- Agriculture
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1464599
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-2855-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
