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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,…

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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…

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Photograph of a boy and a Girl with a field full of people harvesting crops. This propaganda poster endorsed the idea that it was important for the population to grow food. Furthermore, this poster demonstrates that tending the food supply was an…

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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…

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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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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…

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Food wheel that demonstrates how much food and what types of food should be eaten. This poster informs the population on the various foods that they should eat in order to have a healthy diet. There is an emphasis on produce, as three of the seven…

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Cartoon boy and girl playing catch. Real boy eating a nutritious meal. Healthy nutrition and access to food was very important to FDR's administration. This poster told the home front that children's nutrition was especially important. In addition,…
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