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GENERAL VIEW - Billy Carter Service Station, 216 West Church Street, Plains, Sumter County, GA
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GENERAL VIEW - Billy Carter Service Station, 216 West Church Street, Plains, Sumter County, GA
Depicted place Georgia; Sumter County; Plains
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS GA,131-PLAIN,1-1
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  • Significance: During Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign in 1975-1976, much attention was lavished on this service station, then owned by his colorful and outspoken younger brother, Billy. He considered his station a social rather than a business venture and it served as a hangout for his "down home fraternity," where men would gather to drink beer and shoot the breeze after work. The media capitalized on the service station as a symbol of Jimmy's rural southern upbringing. The building was maintained in its run-down, informal state and became a stronghold for the local residents who were disenchanted with the drastic changes taking place in Plains with Carter's ascendancy to the White House. Billy used it as the headquarters for his unsuccessful campaign as the "No Progress" candidate for mayor of Plains.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-88
  • Survey number: HABS GA-243
  • Building/structure dates: after 1930 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1956
  • Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1976 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ga0437.photos.054777p
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Camera location32° 02′ 02″ N, 84° 23′ 34.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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