Registered War Garden under protection of State Council of Defense / J. N. Dingo ; Engraved by Barnes-Crosby Company. – Vintage Wall Art
![Registered War Garden under protection of State Council of Defense / J. N. Dingo ; Engraved by Barnes-Crosby Company., Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., [1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fc/fc7fc9605c8f-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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Step back in time with Registered War Garden under protection of State Council of Defense / J. N. Dingo ; Engraved by Barnes-Crosby Company., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Registered War Garden under protection of State Council of Defense / J. N. Dingo ; Engraved by Barnes-Crosby Company.
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A cannon anchors this poster, and its caption makes the point: "All the ammunition doesn't come from the powder factories." Cartoonist J. N. "Ding" Darling designed it, and Chicago printer R.R. Donnelley & Sons produced the color lithograph in 1918 for the War Garden Committee, which asked households to grow their own food, even on small city lots. The campaign aimed to free food supplies for American troops and Allied populations, and the slogan "Exempt no land" urged citizens to leave no plot idle. The warning that destroying food supplies would aid the enemy shows how home gardening was framed as a patriotic duty.
| Created / published | Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., [1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 70 x 55 cm. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) American 1910-1920.War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title continues: All the Ammunition doesn't come from the powder factories. Feed yourself. Be a soldier of the soil. A war garden will do it. Exempt no land. To destroy the food supply is to give comfort to the enemy. Food will win the war. War Garden Committee, 120 W. Adams Street. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Cannons--1910-1920. Victory gardens--1910-1920. Food supply--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,657 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221342 |
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