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Children's Gardens in Chicago
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…
Wartime Nutrition (1943)
Instructional video on the importance of nutrition. This propaganda video focuses on the importance of nutrition and what will happen to Americans if they do not eat the right type of food. This propaganda film serves as a warning as to what will…
Gardening (1940)
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…
Henry Browne, Farmer (1942)
Importance of contributing to the national food supply, and grow your own food. This propaganda video highlights the farm garden, and describes the important role that famers played in the war effort. In addition to growing produce for to sell, the…
Brownie's Victory Garden
Cartoon to encourage the population to grow victory gardens during World War II. Victory garden propaganda videos were often specifically aimed at children. This cartoon showed kids a fun and fanciful way that vegetables grew, with the hopes of…
Victory Gardens
Instructional video about growing a victory garden. Another way that FDR's government propagated victory gardens was through instructional videos that informed the population on how to properly tend gardens. They often highlighted the ease of growing…
Album Art Victory Garden: John & Mary
Cover Art for an album titled Victory Garden. Out of all of the songs, albums, and bands who use the name Victory Garden, this is the album with the closest ties to nature. Many of the songs on this album refer to some part of nature, even though…
Cover Art for Victory Garden: Band Number Eight
cover art for an album titled victory garden. This album plays on the nostalgic feelings that surround the World War II victory garden. Again, it does not actually address World War II or gardening, but it provides a reminiscent vibe that it's…
Victory Garden Cover Art: Laura Barrett
Cover art for the album victory garden. The songs on this album titled "Victory Gardens" are more nature-oriented and whimsical. They support the more positive emotional response to the World War II victory garden, demonstrating the continuation of…
"What's Left Behind" by the band Victory Garden
Cover art for the band Victory Garden. Once again, another band chose to name themselves Victory Garden. They also don't particularly talk about growing vegetables or World War II, however, the tone throughout their music is somewhat haunted and sad,…