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Primary Source Spotlight: Victory Gardens

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023

Victory garden posters

FSA/OWI Collection photos: Victory gardens and Victory gardeners

More Victory garden images

Chicago Victory Gardens: Yesterday and Tomorrow video

Pamphlets

  • In the Furrows of Freedom c1919
  • Make Your War Garden a Garden of Victory c1919
  • Victory Gardens Feed the Hungry c1919
  • War Gardening and Home Storage of Vegetables c1919
  • The Conservation of Food in the Home 1943
  • The Conservation of Food 1944

Victory Gardens historical newspaper coverage 1918-1919

Victory Gardens historical newspaper coverage 1940-1945

116 HRES 937 IH: Recognizing the important role Victory Gardens played in America’s World War efforts

Online exhibitions

  • Gardening for the Common Good Smithsonian Libraries
  • Victory Gardens and Farms USDA National Agricultural Library

Articles & blog posts

  • Grow it Yourself Inside Adams April 29, 2011
  • How Does Your Garden Grow? Library of Congress Magazine March/April 2017
  • Planting Victory Picture This! November 14, 2019
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