You Say Potato…I Say Pototem!

While searching our collections for a photo, I came across the following image and my natural curiosity required me to zoom in and read the text: Poster distributed throughout Aroostook County, Maine by the potato growers association advertising the barrel rolling contest in Presque Isle. Photo by Jack Delano, 1940 Oct. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c03316 Because I didn’t grow up in a region known for potato farming, it was surprising to learn of potato barrel rolling as an event! I absolutely had to find out more. Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano spent some time in Presque Isle, Maine, in October 1940 and answered many of my questions about this event through the photos he took. Join me as I show you what…