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The 4-H Victory Garden

About this illustration

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. 4-H Youth Development. 1943. Provided by the Green 'N' Growing collection at the North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center.

Date created
1943
License
This illustration copyright ©1943. All Rights Reserved
Source
Original image housed by North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center

See this illustration in context

  • 4-H on the home front: In this lesson plan, secondary students will analyze a variety of primary source textual materials to investigate how young rural people were encouraged to support the war effort during World War II.

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cover piece of a 4-H pamphlet on a gardening drive during World War II

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This illustration is from the cover of a pamphlet distributed by 4-H during World War II to promote a gardening drive. The theme of this program was that “food will win the war and write the peace.”

The black and white image consists of a drawing of vegetables such as corn, squash, and radishes arranged in a “V” (for Victory) overlaid with the title “The 4-H Victory Garden.”