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Description: | 32313
NEG.POS 41
design: rectangular inset depicting the ferocious advance of a company of vaguely anthropomorphic garden vegetables. The
onslaught is led by a turnip followed in turn by tomato, potato, pumpkin carrying the Stars and Stripes, beetroot, onion and carrots. The
advance is supervised by a young gardener who gestures encouragement with his raised hoe from the safety of his position behind a bank of
earth
named (lower right corner of inset) : "MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT"
text: "WAR GARDENS OVER THE TOP" (two lines above inset) & "The Seeds of Victory Insure the Fruits of Peace" (two lines base of inset) &
"FOR FREE BOOKS WRITE TO NATIONAL WAR GARDEN COMMISSION" (followed by address and names of President and Secretary - three lines base
edge)
whole: MODEL | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | eating / drinking Armistice & Food Production Campaign & 1918 = 1919 women / womens work flag / banner / standard US Home Front US.O & National War Garden Commission agriculture / food cartoons First World War civilian effort | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | National War Garden Commission | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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