We'll have lots to eat this winter, won't we Mother? Grow your own, can your own
Home-canning poster: a smiling mother and daughter in matching aprons seal jars of peas, carrots and tomatoes, with shelves of preserved food behind them. The child's question, 'We'll have lots to eat this winter, won't we Mother?', puts the request in the voice of an ordinary family (plain-folks) and pairs a comforting domestic scene with the order 'Grow your own, can your own'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (OWI Poster No. 57), artist Al Parker
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- 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)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-219 (NAID 513661).
Text on the object
"We'll have lots to eat this winter, won't we Mother?" Grow your own Can your own [signature: A. Parker] [imprint: OWI Poster No. 57. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D.C.] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-520465]
