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    1776

    An Online Magazine of American History

     

    7 Victory Garden Posters

    During World War II, Eleanor Roosevelt had a victory garden at the White House. The White House has a garden again.

    Throughout World War I and World War II, the government encouraged U.S. citizens to contribute to the war effort by growing their own food. Below, I have collected seven promotional posters that were created during WWI or WWII.

     

    Every Garden a Munition Plant

     

    War Garden - Victory Garden

     

    Uncle Sam Says Garden

     

    Join the land army

     

    United States School Garden Army

     

    Grow It Yourself Poster

     

    War Gardens For Victory

     

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    4 Comments

    1. On the last poster, look how she is holding the basket. All those ‘vitamins’ must not actually weigh very much!

    2. Actually, if you look closely, you’ll see the basket is sitting on a stool.

    3. Sir: Is it possible to get copies of these posters? A small group of friends in my small Cajun village are planning a community farmers’ market and having some of these posters around town would be wonderful. Linda Cooke

    4. @ Linda Cooke

      I found all these posters on the website for the Library of Congress.

      Go to the following website and search for “victory garden poster”:
      http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html

      I hope that helps.

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