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TITLE: War gardens over the top. The seeds of victory insure the fruits of peace / Maginel Wright Enright.

CALL NUMBER: POS - US .B383, no. 3 (C size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-3690 (color film copy transparency)

RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY: Poster shows boy with hoe chasing fleeing vegetables to illustrate the success of growing food in local "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.

MEDIUM: 1 print (poster) : color ; 74 x 57 cm.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: Washington, D.C. : National War Garden Commission, c1919.

CREATOR:

Barney, Maginel Wright, 1877- artist.

RELATED NAMES:

National War Garden Commission, funder/sponsor.

NOTES:

Promotional goal: U.S. J7. 1919.

Title from item.

Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2003. DLC

SUBJECTS:

Victory gardens--United States--1910-1920.
Vegetables--United States--1910-1920.
World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States.