Description: Two photographs document prize-winning examples of victory gardens in the Ohio Oil Company's Better Yard and Garden contest during World War II. The photographs were printed in the pamphlet "Manual for Company-Employee Gardens" by the National Victory Garden Institute. The pamphlet is 38 pages long and measures 6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm). During World War II (1941-1945), many people supplemented the food they had available for personal use by planting vegetable gardens, both to support the war effort and due to food shortages and rationing. The gardens were promoted widely by the government and industry, and were known as "victory gardens" due to their importance to the war effort. Gardens were planted during World War I as well, but were called "war gardens" until the end of the war, when the term "victory garden" came into use. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3308_4561940_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Business and Labor; Agriculture; Daily Life; World War II; Victory gardens
Places: Findlay (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio); New York (New York)
 

Description: This poster, titled "Your Victory Garden Counts More Than Ever," encourages Americans to grow victory gardens during World War II. The poster measures 19" x 21" (48.26 x 53.34 cm). During World War II (1941-1945), many people supplemented the food they had available for personal use by planting vegetable gardens, both to support the war effort and due to food shortages and rationing. The gardens were promoted widely by the government and industry, and were known as "victory gardens" due to their importance to the war effort. Gardens were planted during World War I as well, but were called "war gardens" until the end of the war, when the term "victory garden" came into use. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3330_4692176_002
Subjects: Daily Life; Agriculture; Military Ohio; World War II; Victory gardens
Places: Ohio; Washington (District of Columbia)
 

Description: This poster, titled "Plant a Victory Garden: Our Food is Fighting ," encourages Americans to grow victory gardens during World War II. The poster measures 19" x 21" (48.26 x 53.34 cm). During World War II (1941-1945), many people supplemented the food they had available for personal use by planting vegetable gardens, both to support the war effort and due to food shortages and rationing. The gardens were promoted widely by the government and industry, and were known as "victory gardens" due to their importance to the war effort. Gardens were planted during World War I as well, but were called "war gardens" until the end of the war, when the term "victory garden" came into use. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3330_4692170_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Agriculture; Daily Life; World War II; Victory gardens
Places: Ohio; Washington (District of Columbia)
 

Description: This photograph shows members of the Victory Garden Club of Columbus, Ohio, proudly displaying their harvest around 1944. The photograph was printed in the pamphlet "Manual for Company-Employee Gardens" by the National Victory Garden Institute. The pamphlet is 38 pages long and measures 6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm). During World War II (1941-1945), many people supplemented the food they had available for personal use by planting vegetable gardens, both to support the war effort and due to food shortages and rationing. The gardens were promoted widely by the government and industry, and were known as "victory gardens" due to their importance to the war effort. Gardens were planted during World War I as well, but were called "war gardens" until the end of the war, when the term "victory garden" came into use. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3308_4561934_002
Subjects: Military Ohio; Agriculture; Daily Life; World War II; Victory gardens; Societies and clubs
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); New York (New York)
 

Description: This photograph of a contour garden sponsored by the Firestone Corporation of Akron, Ohio, was taken around 1944. Many companies like Firestone supported the Victory Garden program during World War II by experimenting with the most efficient garden types. The photograph was printed in the pamphlet "Manual for Company-Employee Gardens" by the National Victory Garden Institute. The pamphlet is 38 long pages and measures 6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm). During World War II (1941-1945), many people supplemented the food they had available for personal use by planting vegetable gardens, both to support the war effort and due to food shortages and rationing. The gardens were promoted widely by the government and industry, and were known as "victory gardens" due to their importance to the war effort. Gardens were planted during World War I as well, but were called "war gardens" until the end of the war, when the term "victory garden" came into use. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3308_4561928_004
Subjects: Military Ohio; Business and Labor; Agriculture; World War II; Victory gardens
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio); New York (New York)
 

Description: This photograph shows an unidentified soldier in the 37th Infantry Division tending victory garden while stationed at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, during World War II. The 37th served in the Pacific under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. Known as the "Buckeye" Division, it was one of the most highly-decorated National Guard units in World War II. Seventeen Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to National Guard troops during the war, and seven of them went to members of the 37th. The photograph measures 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). The 37th Infantry Division mustered in at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in October 1940. The division was sent to the Pacific theater in the spring of 1942. The division's first battle was in July 1943 in the Solomon Islands. It participated in fierce jungle fighting at New Georgia, Bougainville, and Guadalcanal. Also serving in the Philippine campaign, the division spent 592 days in combat zones, killed 33,590 Japanese soldiers, and captured 2,161 enemy prisoners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3329_4692164_001
Subjects: Agriculture; Military Ohio; World War II; Victory gardens
Places: Ohio; Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)
 

Description: This photograph shows Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker of Clintonville with their dog, Josephine, posed in their "War Time Garden." These home gardens were an important resource during World War I to ensure that the homefront had sufficient food supplies. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_147
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; World War, 1914-1918--Ohio; Victory gardens--1910-1920
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)