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Photographer: Devry Becker Jones (CC0)
Taken: January 9, 2021
Caption: Banner on the grounds of the Victory Garden
Additional Description: Victory Garden
This re-creation of a World War II victory garden contains plant varieties that were available in the 1940s.

Victory gardens were vegetable gardens planted during the war to ensure an adequate food supply for civilians and troops.

Designed and maintained by Smithsonian Gardens gardens.si.edu
Submitted: January 9, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p562005
File Size: 6.692 Megabytes

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