Join the United States school garden army - Enlist now / Edward Penfield. – Antique Wall Art
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Join the United States school garden army - Enlist now / Edward Penfield. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Join the United States school garden army - Enlist now / Edward Penfield.
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Children are the recruits in this 1918 lithograph, which invites American schoolchildren to join the School Garden Army and directs them to write to the Bureau of Education in the Department of the Interior. Edward Penfield designed it under the sponsorship of the United States Food Administration, the wartime agency that urged Americans to grow, save and conserve food so more could be sent overseas. The poster's plowing and planting imagery reflects the victory garden movement, in which school plots and home gardens were meant to ease pressure on the national food supply. It is a good reminder of how the war effort reached into classrooms and backyards alike.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 86 x 60 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues: Write to The United States School Garden Army Bureau of Education Department of Interior Washington D.C. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress 2003. · United States Food Administration sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Children--United States. School children--1910-1920. Plowing--1910-1920. Victory gardens--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,035 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 538_Join_the_United_States_1918 |
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