It’s been exactly one month since Stranger Things 3 came out and these mining photos of a hoist room and ore grinding mill from Hercules Mining Company in North Idaho look strangely similar to the giant laser that the Russians use in Stranger Things 3 to reopen the gate to...
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Potato (the best vegetable)
![Oversized potato postcard [3]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/186655521384_0_th.jpg)
Today, we have some fun health facts for you courtesy of the Idaho Potato Museum! Did you know that potatoes are roughly 80% water? Or that a cooked 8-ounce potato only contains 100 calories? How about the fact that potatoes are naturally 99.9% fat free?1 Just a few reasons why...
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Philatelic Flowers
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This week several of us in the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives have been rehousing some materials from Herman Ronnenberg, a beer enthusiast from Troy, ID. It is not uncommon to come across correspondence when going through materials, but we found the perfect addition for Flowery Friday on...
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Po-tay-to, Po-tah-to
![Oversized potato postcard [1]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/186494030683_0_th.jpg)
Today’s post features a humorous postcard from the 1980s. Although Idaho doesn’t actually grow gigantic potatoes (sadly), it does produce about 13 billion pounds of potatoes each year, supplying roughly one-third of the United States potato crop! We love potatoes so much that Idaho even has a Potato Museum!
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Apollo 11 splash landing!
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Apollo 11 return [1]
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Apollo 11 patches
Apollo 11 patch
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Apollo 11 moon time
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Apollo 11 press release [2]
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We Went to the Moon in 1969, not 1968...a Year Later
On this day in 1969, man first walked on the moon. Fifty years later we are still fascinated with this great scientific feat. Prior to the moon landing, there was much planning and speculation. This image of the moon landing is an artist’s rendering, it was sent out to the...
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Lava Hot Springs Flowers
This Flowery Friday takes us down to Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. This postcard depicts a lovely garden, and reads:
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Summertime is construction time!
Road to Riggins, Idaho
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