Jimmy Carter's early years

Jimmy Carter

Photos: Jimmy Carter’s early years

Photos of President Jimmy Carter as a young child in Plains, Ga., and as a young naval officer.

Jimmy Carter and his sister Gloria Carter.

Jimmy Carter is pictured at six months old with his mother Lillian at Plains, Georgia, in March 1925. (Associated Press)

Earl Carter, Jimmy Carter's father, with three of his children, Ruth, Gloria, and Jimmy in this 1932 photo. Earl Carter was a prominent business owner in Plains, Ga. (Jimmy Carter Library)

Gloria Carter, 10, Jimmy, 12, and Ruth, 6 in 1937. (Chicago Sun-Times)

In 1928, the Carter family moved to a 350-acre farm near Plains in the tiny community of Archery, Ga. Jimmy Carter is pictured here atop his Shetland pony named Lady. (Jimmy Carter Library)

Jimmy Carter, high school graduation, 1941 (Chicago Sun-Times)

Jimmy Carter was admitted to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1943. He graduated in 1946.(Courtesy of Jimmy Carter Library)

Rosalynn, Jimmy, and Lillian Carter at his Annapolis commissioning. (Chicago Sun-Times)

1952: Jimmy Carter's active naval service lasted from 1946-1953. (He's seen here in 1952, in the top center in the background looking at instruments on the submarine USS K-1.) During that time, the couple lived in Norfolk, Va., and had their first three children -- John, James and Jeffrey. (Amy was born in 1967.) In 1953, they returned to Plains to take over the family peanut business after Jimmy Carter's father died. (AP file)

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Jimmy Carter and his sister Gloria Carter.

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