Be a Victory Farm Volunteer
Poster
1943 (made)
1943 (made)
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During World War II, the USA experienced a workforce deficit in the agricultural sector. The OWI (Office of War Information) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture saw the need for the recruitment of auxiliary support assembled from the Victory Farm Volunteers. The largest group employed in the emergency labour force, the VFV, known as the Crop Corps, was made up of high-school students, and training usually began at school. Once they were posted, groups of students were often supervised by a member of the Women's Land Army. Here the two healthy and happy young people symbolise the valuable, positive work undertaken by the volunteers. The inclusion of a boy and a girl shows that this sort of work was open to all. Illustrated below are the kinds of activities that they could expect to be engaged in, demonstrating the rich yield of American agriculture.
Object details
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| Title | Be a Victory Farm Volunteer (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photolithograph |
| Brief description | 'Be a Victory Farm Volunteer', World War II poster, appealing for volunteers for the US Crop Corps, U.S. Department of Agriculture, United States, 1943 |
| Physical description | 'Be a Victory Farm Volunteer', World War II poster, appealing for volunteers for the US Crop Corps. In the foreground is a scene featuring people working on the land, harvesting potatoes. The landscape and workers are depicted photographically, in monochrome green. Above this, against a blue sky is the face of a young man, pictured frontally, and, behind him, a young woman, in three-quarter face; both are smiling. Above, at the top of the poster, is the slogan 'Be a Victory Farm Volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps', in large yellow letters, and at the bottom of the poster 'See Your Principal'. |
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| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Summary | During World War II, the USA experienced a workforce deficit in the agricultural sector. The OWI (Office of War Information) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture saw the need for the recruitment of auxiliary support assembled from the Victory Farm Volunteers. The largest group employed in the emergency labour force, the VFV, known as the Crop Corps, was made up of high-school students, and training usually began at school. Once they were posted, groups of students were often supervised by a member of the Women's Land Army. Here the two healthy and happy young people symbolise the valuable, positive work undertaken by the volunteers. The inclusion of a boy and a girl shows that this sort of work was open to all. Illustrated below are the kinds of activities that they could expect to be engaged in, demonstrating the rich yield of American agriculture. |
| Other number | LS.2381 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.847-2004 |
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| Record created | January 25, 2005 |
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