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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

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Subject: Re: Victory Garden some interesting facts
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:02:43 -0500
From: Jennifer Harbster <jehar@LOC.GOV>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

Greetings-
Last Year, I put together an exhibit of WW I Liberty Gardens and WWII
Victory Gardens for the Library of Congress.
In all the gardens produced up to 40% of all food products that were
consumed by civilian American during World War II.  There were Victory
Gardens in every conceivable location such as farms, homes, schools,
suburban plots, and city plots. There was an estimated 20 million plots
in the U.S by 1943, which far exceed the goal of 5 million. Other
countries like England also had Victory Gardens during the War.

I am inquiring about digitizing some of the Victory Garden pamphlets
and guides for the American Memory web page... will keep y'all posted.

References:
For posters see the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Catalog
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html scroll to the bottom of page
and Click "Search the catalog" button, click search all records, enter
"victory Gardens" into the search box, use the drop down menu to read
"match this exact phrase" and viola!  Victory Garden poster and
photographs.

Gardening for Victory: Victory Gardens in American Popular Periodicals
during World War II by Garold L. Cole in the North Dakota Quarterly,
Summer 1993 p. 163-176

Victory Gardens in The new garden encyclopedia; a complete, practical,
and convenient guide to every detail of gardening, including a special
supplement for 1943 Victory Gardens. Written by a group of horticultural
experts and edited by E.L.D. Seymours, B.S.A (New York, W.H. Wise & co.,
1943: p. 1353-1380)

Happy Farming,



Ms. Jennifer J. Harbster, MLIS
Science and Technology Research Specialist
Science, Technology, and Business Division
The Library of Congress
LA 5219, Adam's Building
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20540-4751
Tel: 202-707-4751
Fax: 202-707-1925
e-mail: jehar@loc.gov


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