Photos of Jimmy Carter’s Peanut Farm in Archery, Georgia

Former President Jimmy Carter grew up on his family’s peanut farm in Georgia from the age of 4 until he left for college.

The Carters were one of few landowning families in Archery.

According to The New York Times, the Carters were also the only white family in town. The family, despite achieving status in a rural town with a population of only 200, still grew up in relative poverty. 

Carter’s family didn’t have running water until he turned 11 and they didn’t get electricity until three years later. Carter lived at the farm from…