
Jimmy Carter's Solar Panel Dedication Ceremony
- Photographer
- Billy Shaddix
- Date of Work
- June 20, 1979
- Type
- Photograph
- Credit
- Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
Jimmy Carter's Solar Panel Dedication Ceremony
This aerial photograph of the dedication ceremony for solar panels installed on the roof of the West Wing was taken by Billy Shaddix on June 20, 1979. President Jimmy Carter, an advocate for alternative energy sources, orchestrated the installation and presided over the ceremony. He appears at the podium in this photograph, which overlooks the panels on the roof of the West Wing.