Bag of peanuts, Jimmy Carter, 1976
date: label: date made
content: 1976
label: associated date
content: 1976
name: label: described
content: Carter, Jimmy
notes: label: Description
content: Jimmy Carter, governor of Georgia, was the 1976 Democratic nominee. Prior to entering politics, Carter had been a naval officer and a successful peanut farmer. His favorite crop figured prominently in campaign items for and against him. According to the packaging, this bag of peanuts was “paid for by the Jimmy Carter Presidential Campaign Committee.” Such items could not be handed out everywhere. For example, in Oregon, giving away packets of Carter peanuts was prohibited by a state law banning campaigns from distributing “items of value. Carter won the 1976 election, defeating Republican incumbent President Gerald Ford.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0603.10
label: accession number
content: 1977.0603
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0603.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: advertisement
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: organic material (unspecified); paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown; green; white; transparent (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 4.445 cm x 1.27 cm