Victory Backyard Gardens

World War II gardening book: Origformat: Book
World War II gardening book

Origformat: Book

Name/Title

Victory Backyard Gardens

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2010.41.2

Secondary Title

How to Grow Your Own Vegetables with Simple Rules and Charts

Description

Book for gardening beginners by a horticulturist at the New York Botanical Garden. It introduces the concept of the World War II era "victory garden" and has detailed instructions how to set up a backyard garden to successfully grow vegetables and fruit. Physical Description: Softcover, 95 pages, illustrations

Collection

Walsh History Center

Cataloged By

Heather Bilodeau

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2010.41

Source or Donor

Ms. Joan Tibbetts

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Gardening

Search Terms

Victory Garden, World War II

Book Details

Author

Edgard J. Clissold, Everett, T.H.

Publisher

Whitman Publishing Co.

Place Published

Location

Racine, Wisconsin

Date Published

1942

Location

Location

Container

WHC 2010.41 Box

Shelf

Shelf 2

Cabinet

Vault Shelving Unit 2

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Heather Bilodeau

Date

April 1, 2010

Inventory

Inventoried By

Wyatt Berry

Inventoried Date

Mar 22, 2018

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Date Examined

Apr 1, 2010

Examined By

Heather Bilodeau

Notes

Pages are brown and crumbling, cover has detached completely from binding.

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Heather Bilodeau Status Date: 2010-04-01

Created By

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Create Date

April 1, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

October 27, 2025