US wartime poster urging people to grow victory gardens

The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015. 

The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was created on June 13, 1942, to centralize and control the content and production of government information and propaganda about the war. It coordinated the release of war news for domestic use, and using posters along with radio broadcasts, worked to promote patriotism, warn about foreign spies, and recruit women into war work. The office also established an overseas branch, which launched a large-scale information and propaganda campaign abroad. The government appealed to the public through popular culture and more than a quarter of a billion dollars' worth of advertising was donated during the first three years of the National Defense Savings Program. Victory in Europe was declared on May 8, 1945, and in Japan on September 2, 1945. The OWI ceased operation in September. 

US wartime poster urging people to grow victory gardens 

overall: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 22.000 inches (55.88 cm) 

American propaganda poster created by the Office of War Information (OWI poster #34) depicting a child with a basket of vegetables and a man and woman working on a garden. 

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Poster depicting a child with a basket of vegetables and a man and woman working on a garden behind him. At the top are the words,"Plant a Victory Garde" and at the bottom are the words"Our Food is Fighting/A Garden will make your rations go further"