Posted on November 20, 2018

Drawings by Steve Allured [Read More]

Posted on November 14, 2018

Bear sticker and potato pin [Read More]

Posted on September 18, 2018

Potato field [Read More]

Posted on July 17, 2018

Genuine Grown Idaho Potatoes [Read More]

Posted on July 10, 2018

Did you know that Genuine IDAHO Potatoes offer your family… *Iron to Build Blood’ *Vitamin C for Healthy Teeth and Gums; * Potassium for Muscle Power; *Low Sodium; *Fewer Calories than Rice or Pasta and Twice as much Fiber! [Read More]

Posted on June 26, 2018

The PDF is not rendering in your browser. Please use the link below to download the PDF. Idaho Potato Commission Report, No. 11 [Read More]

Posted on June 12, 2018

Potato popper [Read More]

Posted on June 5, 2018

The Great Tasting Potato [Read More]

Posted on May 8, 2018

This scene was used for a 1984 ad campaign for the Idaho Potato Commission, producing a television commercial and full-color illustration for a consumer magazine. [Read More]

Posted on April 24, 2018

Idaho Potato Commission Report, No. 4 [Read More]

Posted on April 17, 2018

Potato conveyor belt [1] [Read More]

Posted on April 10, 2018

Sporting a 20 gallon cowboy hat and standing just over 7 feet tall, Mr. Idaho Potato made his debut appearance in February of 1983 at the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Convention held in Anaheim, CA. Print versions of a potato caricature had existed since 1952. Mr. Idaho Potato, standing... [Read More]

Posted on May 9, 2017

Storage Management of Blazer Russet Potatoes, 2012 [Read More]

Posted on May 2, 2017

Department of Agriculture Professor Woodbury [Read More]

Posted on April 18, 2017

Six men peeling potatoes. Camp Lewis, Washington. [Read More]

Posted on April 11, 2017

Gauze cages testing insect transmission of potato mosaic. Plant Sciences. University of Idaho. [210-8] [Read More]

Posted on April 4, 2017

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Posted on March 28, 2017

In the 1970s, University of Idaho Aberdeen branch station horticultural professor and scientist Walter Sparks won national recognition for his experiments and breakthroughs in controlling temperature, humidity, and air circulation in order to extend the life of [Read More]

Posted on March 21, 2017

Joe Marshall with Ross W. Ward [Read More]

Posted on March 7, 2017

Good luck on your midterms this week, Vandals! Be sure to study those potatoes closely! [Read More]

Posted on February 15, 2017

Girl and Potato [Read More]

Posted on January 31, 2017

Potato packing study [Read More]

Posted on January 17, 2017

Walter Sparks [Read More]

Posted on December 7, 2016

New Sweden potatoes [Read More]

Posted on November 29, 2016

Potato packing facility [Read More]

Posted on November 23, 2016

Vandal football team distributing New Sweden brand Idaho potatoes at various schools where they played [Read More]

Posted on November 15, 2016

Professor J.M. Raeder and Gene Douglas Easton [Read More]

Posted on November 8, 2016

Potato digger [Read More]

Posted on November 1, 2016

Because I just cannot get enough of the Howard Stough Scrapbooks, and of course, it is #potatopotuesday! [Read More]

Posted on September 27, 2016

1940 football team [Read More]

Posted on September 6, 2016

J.R. "Jack" Simplot [Read More]

Posted on August 30, 2016

To kick off the University of Idaho football season, here is a photo of the 1940 team lined up to advertise New Sweden Idaho Potatoes. Our first game is at home against Montana State University on September 1st. Go Vandals! [Read More]

Posted on August 23, 2016

Hydraulic potato bin piler [Read More]

Posted on August 9, 2016

harvesting and hauling potatoes [Read More]

Posted on August 2, 2016

Harvesting potatoes [Read More]

Posted on July 26, 2016

Potato Sack Race [Read More]

Posted on July 12, 2016

Leonard Arrington, class of 1939, peeling potatoes in the Lindley Hall kitchen. Lindley Hall existed as a men’s dormitory on campus from 1920 until 1971. [Read More]

Posted on July 5, 2016

Agricultural engineering. University of Idaho. Dean James E. Kraus using a potato seed piece machine. [217-12] [Read More]

Posted on June 28, 2016

Left to right: UI President Jesse Buchanan, Restaurateur Dario L. Toffenetti, and Idaho Governor Charles A. Robins.  Mr. Toffenetti helped put Idaho potatoes on the national restaurant scene by extensively yet poetically advertising Idaho-grown baked potatoes that were served in his restaurants in Chicago and New York. [Read More]

Posted on June 14, 2016

Harvesting potatoes in Teton County. [Read More]

Posted on June 7, 2016

Pile of potatoes [Read More]

Posted on May 10, 2016

Home Economics kitchen. University of Idaho. Testing Idaho baked potatoes. [221-64] [Read More]

Posted on May 3, 2016

Examining potatoes in the University of Idaho Greenhouse, 1940s. [Read More]

Posted on April 12, 2016

Vandal Football legend Carl Kiilsgaard passes a potato for a publicity stunt sometime during his student tenure from 1946 to 1949.  After graduation, Carl was drafted and briefly played for NFL’s Chicago Cardinals in 1950 before being called back into active duty during the Korean War.  A life-long University of... [Read More]

Posted on April 6, 2016

Legal potatoes.

Posted on March 22, 2016

ASUI President Philip (Flip) Kleffner is served Idaho potatoes by Home Economics student Janet Campbell in 1954. [Read More]

Posted on March 15, 2016

Potato planter [1] [Read More]

Posted on March 8, 2016

Potatoes on stationary. [Read More]

Posted on February 23, 2016

Jay [Read More]

Posted on February 16, 2016

A 1960s basketball rivalry between the University of Idaho and Idaho State University sees the winning team of the annual series sporting a smiling, silver spud trophy, the “King Spud.” [Read More]

Posted on February 9, 2016

Active apparently only in 1975, the Idaho Star Trek Club had at least 13 members.  With brief mentions of a possible local chapter of a fan club in the 1980s and 1990s, and online interest just recently, there might still be some Star Trek fans out there on the Palouse.... [Read More]