Will you have a part in victory? / James Montgomery Flagg. – Vintage Print
(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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A window into the past: Will you have a part in victory? / James Montgomery Flagg., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Will you have a part in victory? / James Montgomery Flagg.
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Every garden a munition plant" is the line that sets this poster apart, casting a backyard vegetable plot as a contribution to the war effort. Issued around 1918 under the National War Garden Commission, which Charles Lathrop Pack headed, it encouraged Americans to grow their own food so that commercial supplies could go to troops and civilians overseas. James Montgomery Flagg, best known for his Uncle Sam recruiting poster, gave the appeal its direct question, asking viewers whether they would have a part in victory. Together, the patriotic message and the everyday image of gardening show how World War I reached into American homes and asked ordinary households to help win the war.
| Created / published | c1918. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 84 x 56 cm. |
| Notes | Caption: Every garden a munition plant." Charles Lathrop Pack |
| Subjects | National War Garden Commission--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. Victory gardens--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,100 × 3,087 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223490 |
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