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This is a photograph showing a man using a hand plow and children working in a Victory garden, Wichita, Kansas.
Creator: United States. Works Progress Administration
Date: 1942
This item shows a important aspect of the WPA's efforts to help American's get back on their feet during the depression. In addition, this item is useful because it shows how many Americans did what they could during World War II to help their nation's cause.
11th Grade, Kansas-Benchmark 2, WPA and the Kansas landscape (indicator 2)
Item Number: 209275
Call Number: JK.F WPA.1939c *83
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209275
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Plowing
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables
Built Environment - Function - Landscape - Garden
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - WPA and the Kansas landscape (Indicator 2)
Date - 1940s - 1942
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Works Progress Administration
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - New Deal
Home and Family - Children - Boys
Home and Family - Daily life - Gardening - Vegetable - Victory gardens
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Children
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Photographs
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