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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · The Home Front
Shoot to Kill: Protect Your Victory Garden
Morley (signature on the sheet) · Office of War Information, 1941–1945
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A victory garden poster signed Morley, held by the National Archives in its World War II Posters series as 44-PA-1737, dated between 1941 and 1945.
Why it matters
Victory gardens were planted at homes and in public parks to stretch rations and lift morale, and the gardener was given a soldier's order to defend them.
What to notice
Morley's signature, and an order from the battlefield, shoot to kill, given to the gardener.
The vegetable patch, held like a front line.
Provenance
- School
- The Second World War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Morley (signature on the sheet)
- Campaign
- Food Will Win the War
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Office of War Information, 1941–1945
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Posters series (NAID 515408, local id 44-PA-1737), NARA scan via DPLA and Wikimedia Commons · NARA NAID 515408 · 44-PA-1737
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. government work (the WPA Federal Art Project, the wartime agencies), any year. Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. National Archives catalogue re-read 2026-11-02 (NAID 515408, 44-PA-1737): use restriction Unrestricted, access Unrestricted.
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