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Poster

Sow the Seeds of Victory!

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster promoting individuals to garden and can vegetables for the war effort. Produced by the National War Garden Commission.
Photograph

Harrison Street Community Garden

Date: 04 1917
Description: Children working in an urban community garden. Original caption reads: "Scene in Harrison Street Community Garden showing each plot staked off. Up to 1917 ...
Photograph

Victory Garden Window Display

Date: 1917
Description: Display in the window of John J. Blied & Sons promoting victory gardens and featuring seed packets, hoes, and watering cans.
Photograph

Men Standing on Manure Pile in Railroad Yard

Date: 1918
Description: Men hold a sign that says "Car No. 1 Manure Secured by Y.M.C.A. for Eighth Ward War Gardens" while standing on top of a manure pile in a railroad yard.
Photograph

Group of Children in Garden

Date: 1918
Description: A group of children and women standing in what is probably a "war garden" in an urban area. Several commercial buildings are in the background, one painted...
Poster

Help Supply Your Own Table

Date: 1917
Description: Detailed poster covered in writing. Highlights of poster text reads: "Help supply your own table. Mr. Town 'Lotter'! - ... Plan first before you plant... A...
Photograph

Red Cross Soup Kitchen

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Description: Red Cross soup kitchen with a crowd at the entrance. For 10 pfennigs one can obtain a hearty lunch.
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Red Cross Soup Kitchen

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Description: Red Cross soup kitchen with a crowd at the entrance. For 10 pfennigs one can obtain a hearty lunch.
Photograph

Red Cross Soup Kitchen

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Description: Red Cross soup kitchen in Berlin on the Moritzplatz.
Photograph

Red Cross Soup Kitchen

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Description: Red Cross soup kitchen in Berlin on the Moritzplatz.
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View of Garden

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the garden of the Red Cross soup kitchen.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in the Zoological Gardens.
Photograph

Russian Internees in the Berlin Zoo

Date: 1914
Description: A group of refugees posing for a group portrait in the courtyard of the Berlin zoo.

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