War gardens for victory--Grow vitamins at your kitchen door / lithographed by the Stecher-Traung Lithograph Corporation, Rochester, New York. – Historic Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of War gardens for victory--Grow vitamins at your kitchen door / lithographed by the Stecher-Traung Lithograph Corporation, Rochester, New York.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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War gardens for victory--Grow vitamins at your kitchen door / lithographed by the Stecher-Traung Lithograph Corporation, Rochester, New York.
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Grow vitamins at your kitchen door" is the slogan that sets this poster apart from the many victory garden images in the gallery, and its copyright line names J. H. Burdett, director of the National Garden Bureau, as the promoter behind it. During the Second World War, the government and civic groups encouraged Americans to plant backyard and community gardens, which eased pressure on commercial food supplies that were needed for troops and for shipments overseas. Stecher-Traung, a Rochester, New York, firm known for colorful commercial lithography, printed the poster, which combines photographic halftone with flat color printing. Its emphasis on vitamins reflects wartime nutrition messages that linked home-grown vegetables to health.
| Created / published | [between 1939 and 1945] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : half-tone with with lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1930-1950.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1930-1950. |
| Notes | Copyright by J. H. Burdett, director, National Garden Bureau. |
| Subjects | Victory gardens--United States--1930-1950. Vegetables--United States--1930-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,158 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218339 |
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