Grow more, can more in '44
A smiling young woman in a straw hat and overalls, holding a hoe, gestures to a row of large glass jars of canned tomatoes, peaches, beans and beets. The slogan urges home growing and canning in 1944 and the sheet tells readers to get jars, caps and rings now. The cheerful gardener is the plain-folks figure. Quote: 'GROW MORE... CAN MORE... in '44'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Food Fights for Freedom, War Food Program (contributed; sponsor unnamed)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Food Fights for Freedom, War Food Program (contributed; sponsor unnamed). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-917 (NAID 514422).
Text on the object
GROW MORE... CAN MORE... in '44 GET YOUR CANNING SUPPLIES NOW! JARS, CAPS AND RINGS PRODUCE AND CONSERVE SHARE AND PLAY SQUARE FOOD FIGHTS for freedom [imprint:] LITHO IN U.S.A. CONTRIBUTED TO THE WAR FOOD PROGRAM
