War gardens victorious--Every war garden a peace plant - National War Garden Commission / Maginel Wright Enright. – Vintage Print
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War gardens victorious--Every war garden a peace plant - National War Garden Commission / Maginel Wright Enright.
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This 1919 color poster, titled "War Gardens Victorious" and carrying the line "Every war garden a peace plant," presents the wartime vegetable garden as a success that would outlast the fighting. The National War Garden Commission issued it, and the illustrator Maginel Wright Enright, a sister of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, made the design. During the First World War, Americans were urged to grow their own food so that commercial crops could feed soldiers and Allied nations. The slogan's shift from war to peace reflects the optimism of 1919, when many hoped that the habits of home and community gardening would continue after the armistice.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Notes | Copyright by National War Garden Commission. Promotional goal: U.S. J7. 1919. · National War Garden Commission funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | Victory gardens--United States--1910-1920. Vegetables--United States--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,135 × 1,424 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1841_War_gardens_victoriousE_1919 |
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