WW1 Cartoon 1916 – Our Garden in War and Peace
First panel reads:
The garden (old time) and it’s resident fairy — “Mary, Mary, quite contrary”.
Second panel reads:
The garden (war time) and it’s fairy — “Marian, Marian, Utilitarian”. Signs in garden read Beetroot, Cabbages, Potatoes.
Cartoons by W.K. Haselden
Daily Mirror 1916
Note same message today. Landscapes move from ornamentals to food.
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