"Dig for Victory" Embroidery
Dublin Core
Title
"Dig for Victory" Embroidery
Description
The English ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign, which began at the start of WWII and encouraged civilians to grow their own vegetables to relieve farmers from feeding citizens as well as soldiers.(1) It was the precursor to the ‘Grow Your Own’ campaign in Australia which promoted the same action.
1. Gaynor, “Digging for Victory,” 3.
1. Gaynor, “Digging for Victory,” 3.
Source
https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/232109456?l-decade=194&l-availability=y%2Ff&q=ration+recipes&l-australian=y&c=picture&versionId=256181827
Date
c. 1941
Collection
Citation
“"Dig for Victory" Embroidery,” Americanisation, accessed May 18, 2024, https://americanisation.omeka.net/items/show/9.