We're posting this ca. 1976 postcard today in honor of President and Nobelist Jimmy Carter. This railroad depot in Plains, Georgia served as the central hub for Carter's national presidential campaign in 1976 and was where he celebrated his win on election night.
The depot was built in 1888. Today, it stands as the oldest building in the city of Plains and as a historic museum dedicated to the life, career, and humanitarian works of Jimmy Carter.
This item is part of Hagley Library's Railroad postcards collection (Accession 1995.229). This is an artificial collection assembled from a variety of donors and contains over a thousand postcards related to railroads. Most of the postcards from this collection date from 1900 to 1940 and depict railroad station exteriors, although some show waiting rooms, lobbies, or terminals. Many of the postcards identify the railroads serving the station depicted as well as the station itself.
The collection has not been digitized in its entirety, but you can view a selection of over 1,000 postcards from this resource online now in our Digital Archives.
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