| Place | Oceania: Australia |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ARTV02474 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 76 cm x 51 cm |
| Object type | Poster |
| Physical description | Offset lithograph on paper |
| Maker |
Commonwealth Food Control Unknown Commonwealth Food Control Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Grow your own vegetables
Description
This poster was designed to encourage people to grow their own vegetables and to keep chooks as part of the war effort. An image of a man wearing a hat and carrying a hoe over his right shoulder and a basket of vegetables in his left arm dominates the upper two-thirds of the poster. Underneath the image in large black lettering is written 'GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES' with a spade replacing the 'O' in 'GROW', and underneath that in smaller red lettering 'Raise your own FOWLS', next to this in the lower right corner is an image of a black chicken with three eggs.