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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 Album Cover Art: Bill Mallonee & Victory Garden
Band who titled their album Victory Garden. One of the most prominent ways that the memory of the victory garden is carried on is through music. While the music does not specifically talk about WWII victory gardens, there is a song titled "Flowers"…
The White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn
Michelle Obama working in the white house garden with children. In our current time, government-endorsed gardening has once again become an important political policy. Through the urging of Michelle Obama, the Let's Move! was established. This…
Work on a Farm this Summer
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…
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…
Cucumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch holding a cucumber in a garden green house. This is an image which was posted on social media. It demonstrates that gardening continues to play a role in our society today. Like previous eras of history, specifically the…
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…
Children's gardens in Chicago
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…
Children's Gardens in Chicago
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…
Grow it Yourself: Plan a Farm Garden Now!
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…