Victory Gardens—For Family and Country. There’s no age limit when Americans get down to the business of preparing for a Victory Garden. These youngsters are carefully selecting seeds for the vegetables they’ll grow this summer: carrots, beets, tomatoes, squash. The estimable spinach will no doubt be left upon the dealer’s shelves

Victory Gardens—For Family and Country. There’s no age limit when Americans get down to the business of preparing for a Victory Garden. These youngsters are carefully selecting seeds for the vegetables they’ll grow this summer: carrots, beets, tomatoes, squash. The estimable spinach will no doubt be left upon the dealer’s shelves

Photograph

Ann Rosener

Maker
American, 1914–2012

Office of War Information

American, 1942–1945

Victory Gardens—For Family and Country. There’s no age limit when Americans get down to the business of preparing for a Victory Garden. These youngsters are carefully selecting seeds for the vegetables they’ll grow this summer: carrots, beets, tomatoes, squash. The estimable spinach will no doubt be left upon the dealer’s shelves

February 1943
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19.5 x 24.1 cm (7 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Overall: 20.8 x 25.3 cm (8 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Purchase with funds from the Charina Foundation
2000.0790.0002
Inscriptions stamped on verso: 9189
mimeographed on verso: VICTORY GARDENS - FOR FAMILY AND COUNTRY / D-9189 There's no age limit when Americans get down to the business of preparing / for a Victory Garden. These youngsters are carefully selecting seeds for the / vegetables they'll be growing this summer: carrots, beets, tomatoes, squash. / The estimable spinach will no doubt be left upon the dealer's shelves. (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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