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Planting the seeds

Caption: "Planting the seeds is a woman 's work and Hazel Herzlich and Therese Rauba take over this fascinating detail [in a victory garden]."

Victory foods

Caption: "Victory foods--Albert Rich, 7, of 1060 E. 27th St., holds prize-winning sweet potatoes and Chinese cabbage grown by Victory Gardeners who exhibited their products at the A & S...

Soil testing

Caption: "Soil testing--Students of Manual Training High School make preliminary tests of Brooklyn soil as part of service to Victory Gardeners in school laboratory. Left to right: Donald Softness...

Raking

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On the job

Caption: "On the job--Mrs. Louis Sternberg of Brooklyn CDVO helps to turn the ground [with a plow] in community [victory] garden at 17th Ave. [i.e. East 17th Street?] and Avenue J."

Victory gardens

Caption: "Victory gardens will soon be growing on this land, part of several acres which the Brooklyn Union Gas Company has made available to its employees. Paul Bauman, company chaffeur, shows he...

A weed grows in Brooklyn

Caption: "A weed grows in Brooklyn--But not for long in this victory garden in the play field of the Pride of Judea Children's Home, Dumont Ave. and Elton St. Trio of youngsters [girls], waiting...

Ready for a jam session

Caption: "Ready for a jam session--Last year when the Long Island Railroad made railroad property available as victory gardens without cost to home owners, the 98th Street Victory Garden Club was...

Unconquerable souls

Caption: "Unconquerable souls--Handicaps wrought by dread infantile paralysis afflications fail to deter these Girl Scout patients at the Convalescent Home for Hebrew Children, 110-06 Ocean...

Mrs. Veidt

Caption: "Mrs. Veidt surveys last year's results. Image shows close-up view of canned vegetables and preserves made from a victory garden"