Victory Gardens - For Family and Country

Victory Gardens - For Family and Country

Photograph

Ann Rosener

Maker
American, 1914–2012

Office of War Information

American, 1942–1945

Victory Gardens - For Family and Country

Victory Gardeners will do well to consult reliable dealers when purchasing garden tools. A few all-purpose tools will be ample to cultivate the average garden


February 1943
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19.2 x 13.8 cm (7 9/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Overall: 20.6 x 25.2 cm (8 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Purchase with funds from the Charina Foundation
2000.0790.0001
Inscriptions stamped on verso: 9190
mimeographed on verso: VICTORY GARDENS - FOR FAMILY AND COUNTRY / D-9190 Victory Gardeners will do well to consult reliable dealers when purchasing / garden tools. A few all-purpose tools will be ample to cultivate the average / garden. (February 1943) / PLEASE CREDIT: OFFICIAL OWI PHOTO BY ANN ROSENER
mimeographed on verso: WATCH YOUR CREDIT [underlined] /
No objection to reproducing or publishing / this picture provided credit line / PHOTO BY OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION / appears on the photograph or page, / except that written permission must be obtained / from OWI if it is desired for use / commercially / OWI PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCTION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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