Browse Items (16 total)

  • Tags: memory

Molly.jpeg
Children's book containing primary sources about the World War II home front. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in the post-World War II era. It provides a safe way for authors…

Molly1.jpg
Children's fiction about a young girl growing up on the home front during the Second World War. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in the post-World War II era. It provides a…

Lilly's VG1.PNG
Children's picture book about a girl who tends a victory garden in her neighbor's yard because the wife is too sick to work in the garden. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in…

Victory Garden 4.png
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.png
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"…

Jennie's War.PNG
Story about a girl named Jennie living during World War II. Grows a victory garden. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in the post-World War II era. It provides a safe way for…

childrens lit.jpeg
A young girl's father goes to war and she copes with the stress of him being gone. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in the post-World War II era. It provides a safe way for…

cucumberbatch.jpg
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…

Song List.png
Screen capture of iTunes song list titled Victory Garden. The World War II victory garden seems to be a thing of the past, however, approximately seventy years after the most prominent era of government-endorsed gardening, the term victory garden…

Victory Garden 3.png
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…
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2