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 one-page handbill provides instructions for making mufflers, or scarves, for American soldiers during World War II. During the war, many Americans not serving in the military assisted the war effort by making hats or scarves, growing victory gardens, and taking on jobs in factories. The handbill measures 6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3248_4401988_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Daily Life; World War II; American Red Cross; Clothing & dress
Places: Ohio
 

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 World War II poster shows a young man and young woman standing in a field, each holding a gardening tool, with the message "Join us on the Farm Front" across the top and "Be a victory farm volunteer of the U.S. Crop Corps" at the bottom. This style of poster was designed to promote how civilians could contribute to the war effort in everyday life. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Series_2829_F16_07
Subjects: World War II; War posters; Propaganda; Daily life; Agriculture; Military Ohio
 

Description: Dated 1941-1945, this World War II poster shows a man, woman, and young boy harvesting produce in their garden, with the message "Plant a Victory Garden" across the top and "Our food is fighting, a garden will make your rations go further" at the bottom. This is poster number 34 commissioned by the United States Office of War Information (OWI). A note at the bottom reads "Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington D.C." This style of poster promoted how civilians could contribute to the war effort through their everyday activities. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Series_2829_F27_07
Subjects: World War II; War posters; Propaganda; Daily life; Agriculture; Military Ohio
Places: Washington D.C.
 

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: Photograph of C. Walder Parke wearing his flight gear. The life jacket he is wearing is known as a "Mae West," the first invented inflatable flotation vest. "Mae Wests" were common gear for Navy and Air Force members during WWII. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F01_007
Subjects: Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; Headphones; Life jackets; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots, Military