Actually, it is the image of a potato which was first used on an Idaho license plate in 1928. 

 It turns out that Idaho was the first U.S. state to issue license plates with cute slogans. (Don’t tell anybody, but there are a lot of Idahoans who dislike potatoes, especially on their license plates!)

Some sources say the first potatoes were grown by a Christian missionary in the Lapwai area of what would become North Idaho, as early as 1830!  However, those were not the famous Idaho potatoes everybody now expects to come out of The Gem State. 

The famous Idaho potato is actually the Russet-Burbank, developed by a guy named Luther Burbank starting in 1872.  In 1914, the University of Idaho began experiments with growing Russet-Burbanks. Those type of potatoes grew well in Idaho’s pumice based dirt, but soon other states began growing them and selling them as ‘Idaho Potatoes’!  Legal actions took care of that scam. 

Walkaround video:

According to the Idaho Historical Society, the big new crops for 1928 were mint and green peas! 

My youtube ‘short’ video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KdoDjgj1Be4

On 08JUN2024, the Senior Activity Center (SAC) held its yearly OLDIES ROD & CUSTOM SHOW & FUNDRAISER in the Old Town area (Historic Downtown) of Pocatello, Idaho.

13th SAC Show: 1932 FORD ROADSTER WITH CHEVY 383!

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