Carter Before The White House

Jimmy Carter is pictured at six months old with his mother Lillian at Plains, Georgia in March of 1925.

Jimmy Carter, the future 39th U.S. president, rides his pony, Lady, in the barnyard of his family's Plains, Ga., farm in this undated photo.

This is a 1932 photo of Jimmy Carter at age 7 in Plains, Ga.

This is an undated photo of Jimmy Carter as a teen-ager in Plains, Ga.

Carter is pictured in his 1947 class portrait from the U.S. Naval Academy yearbook, the "Lucky Bag." Carter completed the accelerated wartime program and graduated on June 5, 1946, with distinction and obtained his commission as ensign.

Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter joins a half-dozen rockettes in a high kick, September 21, 1973, at Radio City Music Hall in New York, while visiting backstage before an afternoon performance. Carter was in New York to induce the film industry to make pictures in his state.

Billy Carter, brother of Jimmy Carter, stands among teammates during a softball game in Naples, Fla., April 25, 1977. Carter made an appearance at the charity fund-raising weekend for a fee of $10,000, and played softball with teammates who paid $100 each to participate in the game.

Lillian Carter, as the president's mother, throws out the first ceremonial ball in the fourth game of the World Series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles Oct. 15, 1977. Receiving the ball is Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager. Looking on at top is Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda.

Carter, who had just become the Democratic presidential nominee, was all smiles Sept. 18, 1976, as he talked with his brother Billy at the Carter Family Peanut warehouse.

Jimmy Carter stands in a large mound of peanuts at the Carter Peanut Warehouse in Plains, Ga., Sept. 22, 1976. The Democratic party presidential nominee took an early morning walk through the warehouse to inspect some of the harvest.