Vintage Gardening Posters

From 1914–1920, fashion was influenced by WWI, and a simpler style became the trend. A military influence brought the classic trench coat.

Make do And Mend by scrapiana, via Flickr

Vintage British Victory Garden Poster: "Dig for victory, grow your own vegetables"

World War I-era poster shows Uncle Sam pouring out a cornucopia full of fruit and vegetables. Jars of preserve stand in the foreground. Published by Geo. P. Thomas, N.Y.; Artist: Housh, ca. 1917-1919. Accession Number: P.2284.234 Click here to view the record of this poster on ImPAC, the Library Company's digital collections catalog..

"Keep the farms going while the men are fighting" Join the Women's Land Army! Australia 1945

Vintage Women's Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps Recruitment Poster from 1943 World War II, Pitch in and Help! Join the Women's Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps, text over a collage women with Women's Land Army armbands performing assorted farm chores like feeding chickens, milking cow, harvesting crops painted by American artist Hubert Morley; printed color 28 X 20 inches U.S. Government Printing Office : 1944--O-581751; Women's Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps recruiting poster from the…

FamilyRecords.gov.uk, 'Focus on... Women in Uniform' Women in World War II - Introduction and overview.

Vintage Patriotic Poster: U.S. Crop Corps recruitment 28 x 20 inch poster from 1943 World War II, Work on a farm this summer, Join the U.S. Crop Corps, See your U.S. Employment Service or your local county agent, text over a fashionable painting of a handsome looking farm couple in overalls by American artist PFC Morgan Douglas, husband holds a pitchfork, wife holds a basket of fresh vegetables; small margin text reads: OWI Poster No.59. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from…

Green Vegetables Salads WWII Ministry Of Food 1940s - original vintage World War Two health propaganda poster listed on AntikBar.co.uk

During World War I and World War II, gardening took on a distinctly martial air. Citizens were encouraged to grow their own backyard produce (dubbed 'war gardens' in WWI and 'victory gardens' in WWII, which shows how far the art of positive spin had progressed in just a few decades). At the same time, food rationing was in effect domestically to support overseas troops - 'An army marches on its stomach,' goes the quote by Napoleon Bonaparte - and citizens were encouraged to think carefully…

This year (2017) I am going to grow a Victory Garden as a little bit of an experiment to see if a. I can actually do it and b. to see if I can wind up buying less from the supermarket. Victory Gardens (or war gardens) were pioneered during World War I and World War II

Victory Begins at Home - World War II Posters: They Need Food - Plant More Beans

i’d love to see some modern day propaganda posters, or have we ‘moved past that’? WWII ‘patriotic’ posters courtesy of the cincinnati public library’s virtual re…