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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Join Us on the Farm Front!
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Join Us on the Farm Front!

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.37.45.2
Object Type Poster
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1943 - 1947)
Issuing Body (American government agency, 1943 - 1947)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1862)
Date1944
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 28 1/8 in x W 20 1/8 in (71.4 cm x 51.1 cm )
Physical DescriptionA poster featuring a black and white photographic, against a blue sky background, of a teenage boy and a girl standing in a field and looking forward and smiling. Each of them is holding a pole (presumably a handled tool). White, red, and blue text at the top and bottom of the poster reads: Join us on the / Farm Front! / BE A VICTORY FARM VOLUNTEER / OF THE U.S. CROP CORPS / VFV [logo]. Additional small text in the bottom margin reads: U. S. Government Printing Office : 1944-O-580439.
Historical NoteThe Victory Farm Volunteers helped the nation overcome a wartime shortage of farm labor by enlisting high school students to harvest crops.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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