Follow the Pied Piper--Join the United States School Garden Army – Historic Print
![Follow the Pied Piper--Join the United States School Garden Army, Washington, D.C. : The Graphic Company, [1919?] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/44/4444148b9cdd-L.webp)
(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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Follow the Pied Piper--Join the United States School Garden Army comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Follow the Pied Piper--Join the United States School Garden Army
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Here the Pied Piper tale is turned to a patriotic purpose, with Uncle Sam taking the piper's place at the head of a line of children headed for the garden plots. The United States School Garden Army grew out of the wartime push to raise food at home, when schools enlisted students to work vegetable plots that eased pressure on national supplies. Dated 1919, the poster carries that appeal past the armistice, asking young volunteers to keep digging after the fighting ended. Its bright color and folk-tale framing reflect the lively graphic style that campaigns of the period used to recruit children.
| Created / published | Washington, D.C. : The Graphic Company, [1919?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. A1.J7. 1919(?). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2003. |
| Subjects | Children--1910-1920. Gardening--United States--1910-1920. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,149 × 1,444 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217673 |
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