---
title: '''Dig for Victory'' (British Ministry of Agriculture poster, child with spade)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dig-for-victory-child-poster-1939/
description: A small child in a white sun hat, seen from behind, shoulders a hoe and drags a spade towards the word 'VICTORY'.
section: Collection
---

[Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)

[!['Dig for Victory' (British Ministry of Agriculture poster, child with spade)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dig-for-victory-child-poster-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dig-for-victory-child-poster-1939.jpg)

# 'Dig for Victory' (British Ministry of Agriculture poster, child with spade)

A small child in a white sun hat, seen from behind, shoulders a hoe and drags a spade towards the word 'VICTORY'. The slogan equates digging a garden with winning the war, with the abstract word 'Victory' standing in for the testable claim about food supply.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
DIG FOR VICTORY
[imprint, lower left:] PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY H. MANLY & SON LTD. 51-2421
[imprint, lower right:] ADAPTED FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING DESIGN OF MARY TUNBRIDGE
```

Read from the committed image.

[← Crack for Victory: Your palm kernels when cracked help to feed the Empire's fighting men](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/crack-for-victory-palm-kernels-1939/) [Vakuutusyhtiöt ovat jo merkinneet viidenneksen lainasta (The Insurance Companies Have Already Subscribed a Fifth of the Loan): Finnish loan board on a truck →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/finland-kansanlaina-et-ehdi-mukaan-1939/)

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