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U.S. School Garden. ca. 1918

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Artist: ANONYMOUS Size: 19 7/8 x 30 1/4 in./50.5 x 76.7 cm American Lithography Co, NY Developed in 1917, the United States School Garden was designed as a means of getting children more involved in gardening, especially agriculture. The overall goal, combined with other national programs, was to avoid the impending food crisis and make America's food supply both local and sustainably-based. Funded by the War Department, these farming programs were considered an issue of national security -- while this may seem like a gross overstatement, the ability for a country to produce enough food for itself is of vital importance to its independence. By war's end, more than two million children were involved in the School Garden Army, aptly nicknamed "Solders of the Soil.

A-/ Slight staining in upper register.

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