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Man with a pitchfork and Woman holding a basket of vegetables. This image encourages men and women to participate in increasing the food supply. Men and women are invited to take a break during the summer months to fight the war effort on a different…

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Instructional film on how to garden. Propaganda instructional videos told the population what they should be doing to help win the war. This film teaches the population how to properly tend and grow vegetables. It focuses mostly on the children…

Children's Garden- Heuchling.jpg
Diagram of how to lay out a victory garden in order to grow vegetables successfully. Images like this one were used to provide the home front population with a guide as to the correct way to layout their victory garden. The diagram provides the…

Childrens Garden-Heuchling 1.jpg
Student display of a victory garden. School aged children were the main people group that participated in the growing of victory gardens. They would spend the spring and summer months growing vegetables and taking care of plants. When the following…

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Victory garden community plot in a vacant lot. School victory gardens were often produced in previously vacant lots. This is an image of one of the gardens that World War II home front children grew as both a school project and a way to participate…

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Poster of vegetable farm garden being watered. This propaganda poster encourages the home front to grow the type of garden that will supply an abundance of food.The poster tells the home front to grow a "Farm Garden", which reflects the idea that a…

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A girl holding a basket of vegetables and a hoe. Even though growing a victory garden actually required labor intensive work, propaganda posters emphasized the ease of having fresh vegetables, full of vitamins, in close proximity. The home front…

highland parks school victory garden-russell 1.jpg
victory garden card that certifies the garden and allows for the student to keep track of their progress. Schools provided cards, for the children participating in the victory garden program, to keep track of their gardens.

Highland Parks's school victory garden-Russell.jpg
victory garden card used to keep track of the garden's progress. Schools provided cards, for the children participating in the victory garden program, to keep track of their gardens.

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The cover of Michelle Obama's book. This book demonstrates the continuity of the policy of government-endorsed gardening. The book includes advice and instruction on gardening and it also talks about how to make different types of meals using the…
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