Jimmy Carter’s Future Farmers of America Jacket
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of President Jimmy Carter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0155.01
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0155.01
label: accession number
content: 2014.0155
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 62 in x 2 in; 68.58 cm x 157.48 cm x 5.08 cm