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War gardens over the top : the seeds of victory insure the fruits of peace : for free books write to National War Garden Commission

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Title: War gardens over the top : the seeds of victory insure the fruits of peace : for free books write to National War Garden Commission
Creator: Barney, Maginel Wright, 1877-1966
Contributor: National War Garden Commission
Date Created and/or Issued: 1919
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: American Institute of Wine & Food Culinary Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description: Poster shows boy with hoe following several running anthropomorphized vegetables over the top of a hill to illustrate the success of growing food in local war gardens, aka: victory gardens. Part of the National War Garden Commission's campaign to encourage Americans to raise more food and free resources for the United States military needs in World War I.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
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Washington, D.C. :, National War Garden Commission
Maginel Wright Enright.
Type: image
Format: 1 poster : color ; 75 x 58 cm
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb18539551
Language: English
Subject: Posters
Food supply
Propaganda posters
World War, 1914-1918
Victory gardens
Economics
Vegetable gardening
United States
Place: United States

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