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Planting a school garden – circa 1900

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Photographs of the New York city schools.
Schauffler, Alfred Theodore, 1839-1915 

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1942 – Waitresses gather tomatoes from container garden on street

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19th June 1942: Waitresses from the ‘Quality Inn’ restaurant in Regent Street, London, watering and gathering tomatoes that are growing in boxes on the pavement as part of the ‘Dig For Victory’ scheme. (Photo by Paget/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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14 year old’s art used to promote food gardening in WW1 France

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Let us farm our garden

Artiste: Louisette Jaeger, 14 ans
Ecole Communale de la Rue Camou
Editeur: Comité national de prévoyance et d’économies
Union française
Date: approx. 1915-1918 Paris
Notes: Affiche produite par une écolìère française.

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