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"From The Angelus to WWII: Exploring the Potato's Journey Through History" The humble potato has witnessed countless moments in history

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Hills of central Serbia. Farmer displays Purple Majesty potato. (PR) Date: 14/12/2007

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DDE-90036320
Hills of central Serbia. Farmer displays Purple Majesty potato. (PR) Date: 14/12/2007

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Finland, Helsinki. Produce at an outdoor market. Date: 12/08/2003

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Finland, Helsinki. Produce at an outdoor market. Date: 12/08/2003

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DDE-90029140
Finland, Helsinki. Produce at an outdoor market. Date: 12/08/2003

Background imagePotato Collection: Potato cellar in the Klamath Basin... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato cellar in the Klamath Basin... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato cellar in the Klamath Basin in which 4000 one hundred-pound sacks will be stored. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imagePotato Collection: Grocery store, Greensboro, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Grocery store, Greensboro, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Grocery store. Greensboro, Alabama. [ McCollum Grocery Co.; Sugar, Tomato Juice; Paper Napkins; Bacon Skins; Fyers; Roe Herring; Vanilla Wafers; Irish Potatoes

Background imagePotato Collection: Campers helping with the kitchen work at Camp Gaylord White, Arden, New York, 1943

Campers helping with the kitchen work at Camp Gaylord White, Arden, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Arden, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Gaylord White, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Campers peeling potatoes

Background imagePotato Collection: A camper helping with the kitchen work at Camp Gaylord White, Arden, New York, 1943

A camper helping with the kitchen work at Camp Gaylord White, Arden, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Arden, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Gaylord White, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. A camper helping with the kitchen work

Background imagePotato Collection: Miss Sumi Yumaguchi, Japanese dietican, Camp Ellen Marvin, Arden, New York, 1943

Miss Sumi Yumaguchi, Japanese dietican, Camp Ellen Marvin, Arden, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Interracial activities at Camp Ellen Marvin, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Miss Sumi Yumaguchi, Japanese dietician. Arden, New York

Background imagePotato Collection: Campers helping with the kitchen work at Camp Ellen Marvin, Arden, New York, 1943

Campers helping with the kitchen work at Camp Ellen Marvin, Arden, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Interracial activities at Camp Ellen Marvin, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Campers helping with the kitchen work. Arden, New York

Background imagePotato Collection: Potato sheds during season, across the road from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Potato sheds during season, across the road from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California
Potato sheds during season, across the road from the pickers camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Sign: A. Levy and J. Zentner Co. Potatoes ]

Background imagePotato Collection: Potato shed during season, across the road... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Potato shed during season, across the road... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato shed during season, across the road from the pickers camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Sign: A. Levy and J. Zentner Co. Potatoes ]

Background imagePotato Collection: Potato shed during season, across the road from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Potato shed during season, across the road from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939
Potato shed during season, across the road from the pickers camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Sign: A. Levy and J. Zentner Co. Potatoes ]

Background imagePotato Collection: The potato shed during busy season, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

The potato shed during busy season, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The potato shed during busy season. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Sign: A. Levy and J. Zentner Co. Potatoes ]

Background imagePotato Collection: Freight car at potato shed, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Freight car at potato shed, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freight car at potato shed. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imagePotato Collection: Sign on camp site opposite potato packing sheds, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Sign on camp site opposite potato packing sheds, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sign on camp site opposite potato packing sheds. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [ Notice - Camping on these Grounds permitted only by permit from Chief of Police. City of Tulelake

Background imagePotato Collection: Camp of single men, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of single men, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of single men. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Potato pickers

Background imagePotato Collection: In packing shed, grading and sacking potatoes... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

In packing shed, grading and sacking potatoes... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In packing shed, grading and sacking potatoes in twenty-five pound sacks for the chain store trade. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imagePotato Collection: Potatoes in storage cellar at end of season, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Potatoes in storage cellar at end of season, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potatoes in storage cellar at end of season. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imagePotato Collection: On main street of potato town during harvest season, Merrill, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On main street of potato town during harvest season, Merrill, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On main street of potato town during harvest season. Merrill, Oregon. [Klamath potatoes for sale. Sgns: Stolt Lodge Spud Cellar ; Welards Soft Drinks on Tap ]

Background imagePotato Collection: In packing shed, grading and sacking potat... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

In packing shed, grading and sacking potat... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
In packing shed, grading and sacking potatoes in twenty-five pound sacks for the chain store trade. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imagePotato Collection: Loading sacked potatoes from shed to truck, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Loading sacked potatoes from shed to truck, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading sacked potatoes from shed to truck. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imagePotato Collection: Klamath Basin potato farmer, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Klamath Basin potato farmer, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Klamath Basin potato farmer. He remembers when the first carload of potatoes left this valley in 1910. In 1934 he lost thirty-five hundred dollars on forty-eight acres of potatoes

Background imagePotato Collection: Grading potatoes, preparing for shipment... ten miles south of Merrill, Oregon, 1939

Grading potatoes, preparing for shipment... ten miles south of Merrill, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grading potatoes, preparing for shipment, cold, rainy morning, end of harvesting season. Potatoes have been stored in this growers cellar. Ten miles south of Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imagePotato Collection: Supply of fertilizer and potato seed on edge of field... Kern County, California, 1939

Supply of fertilizer and potato seed on edge of field... Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Supply of fertilizer and potato seed on edge of field in which mechanical potato planter is operating

Background imagePotato Collection: Potato storage cellar in Klamath Basin, where potatoes are raised, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Potato storage cellar in Klamath Basin, where potatoes are raised, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Potato storage cellar in Klamath Basin, where potatoes are raised under irrigation. Klamath County, Oregon

Background imagePotato Collection: Bindle stiff, used to be logger, Side of Pastime Cafe, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Bindle stiff, used to be logger, Side of Pastime Cafe, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939
Bindle stiff, used to be logger. Side of Pastime Cafe. Idle three weeks before opening of the Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake

Background imagePotato Collection: Possibly: Idle men seated in shade on the other side... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Possibly: Idle men seated in shade on the other side... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California
[Untitled, possibly related to: Idle men seated in shade on the other side of Pastime Cafe, three weeks before opening of Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake.]

Background imagePotato Collection: Truck loaded with potato seed, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Truck loaded with potato seed, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Truck loaded with potato seed

Background imagePotato Collection: Large-scale, mechanized farming - potato planter, Kern County, California, 1939

Large-scale, mechanized farming - potato planter, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Large-scale mechanized farming. The potato planter, operated by a crew of three men, makes the rows, fertilizes and plants potatoes in one operation

Background imagePotato Collection: Idle men seated in shade on the other side of... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Idle men seated in shade on the other side of... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Idle men seated in shade on the other side of Pastime Cafe, three weeks before opening of Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake

Background imagePotato Collection: Single man, three weeks before opening of Klamath... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Single man, three weeks before opening of Klamath... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939
Single man, three weeks before the opening of the Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake

Background imagePotato Collection: Railroad yard behind potato shed from which... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Railroad yard behind potato shed from which... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Railroad yard behind potato shed from which Klamath potatoes are shipped across the country. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imagePotato Collection: Couple digging their sweet potatoes in the fall, Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon, 1939

Couple digging their sweet potatoes in the fall, Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Couple digging their sweet potatoes in the fall. Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon

Background imagePotato Collection: Father and son planting potatoes, outskirts of Salinas, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Father and son planting potatoes, outskirts of Salinas, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outskirts of Salinas, California. Father and son planting potatoes. These people are lettuce workers, migrants from Southwest

Background imagePotato Collection: Storefront, Greensboro, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Storefront, Greensboro, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Storefront, Greensboro, Alabama. [ McCollum Grocery Co.; Sugar, Tomato Juice; Paper Napkins; Bacon Skins; Fyers; Roe Herring; Vanilla Wafers; Irish Potatoes

Background imagePotato Collection: Farmers talking politics, potato fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmers talking politics, potato fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers talking politics. Potato fields. California

Background imagePotato Collection: In the potato field, 1942 (Watercolour)

In the potato field, 1942 (Watercolour)
7261331 In the potato field, 1942 (Watercolour) by Hennell, Thomas Barclay (1903-45); 28.5x46 cm; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: In the potato field; Watercolour; Hennell)

Background imagePotato Collection: Fish and chips (colour litho)

Fish and chips (colour litho)
7151120 Fish and chips (colour litho) by Maurice, Reg (fl.c.1900-30); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imagePotato Collection: Face of an ugly man (colour litho)

Face of an ugly man (colour litho)
6000053 Face of an ugly man (colour litho) by Maurice, Reg (fl.c.1900-30); Private Collection; (add.info.: Face of an ugly man. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imagePotato Collection: The first potato planted in the British Isles (colour litho)

The first potato planted in the British Isles (colour litho)
3100981 The first potato planted in the British Isles (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: The first potato planted in the British Isles)

Background imagePotato Collection: Potato (colour litho)

Potato (colour litho)
7151163 Potato (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imagePotato Collection: Woman chasing a potato (colour litho)

Woman chasing a potato (colour litho)
7151155 Woman chasing a potato (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imagePotato Collection: Man who has drunk too much (colour litho)

Man who has drunk too much (colour litho)
7151124 Man who has drunk too much (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imagePotato Collection: Young woman, in Sunday best and back to work on Monday (colour litho)

Young woman, in Sunday best and back to work on Monday (colour litho)
7150996 Young woman, in Sunday best and back to work on Monday (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme)

Background imagePotato Collection: Man enjoying steak and potatoes at Walsall, advertisement (chromolitho)

Man enjoying steak and potatoes at Walsall, advertisement (chromolitho)
7153509 Man enjoying steak and potatoes at Walsall, advertisement (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man enjoying steak and potatoes at Walsall)

Background imagePotato Collection: The Potato Harvest in Jersey (engraving)

The Potato Harvest in Jersey (engraving)
7180749 The Potato Harvest in Jersey (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Potato Harvest in Jersey)



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"From The Angelus to WWII: Exploring the Potato's Journey Through History" The humble potato has witnessed countless moments in history, from the distant sound of The Angelus bell echoing through fields to the iconic Potato Pete rallying soldiers during World War II. Its versatility and significance are undeniable. In 1857-59, Jean-François Millet immortalized a scene in his painting "The Angelus, " where farmers paused their work upon hearing the church bell. Little did they know that potatoes would become an essential part of their daily sustenance. Fast forward to WWII, when a lithograph featuring Potato Pete urged people to join forces against adversity. This poster became an emblematic symbol of resilience and unity during challenging times. In 1954, Swansons introduced TV dinners packaged like television sets - revolutionizing mealtime convenience. Amongst these meals were succulent turkey slices accompanied by fluffy mashed Charlotte potatoes, satisfying hunger while bringing families together around their screens. Potatoes have always been at the heart of British cuisine. From traditional roast potatoes served alongside Sunday roasts to crispy chips enjoyed with fish and mushy peas - they've become staples on every plate across the nation. During wartime efforts in 1939, women joined forces as part of the Women's Land Army, cultivating vast potato fields to ensure a balanced diet for all. Their dedication ensured no one went hungry amidst turbulent times. Even snacks got a taste magic. Crisps emerged as a popular treat worldwide, offering various flavors that tantalize our taste buds with each crunchy bite. Ireland holds special significance when it comes to potatoes; Raleigh bicycles even featured them on posters promoting Irish produce. Potatoes played a vital role in sustaining communities during difficult periods throughout Irish history. Not only do potatoes provide comfort food and deliciousness but also serve as guardians against pests like Colorado Beetle – reminding us that vigilance is key for successful harvests year after year.