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title: '"We''re just made for each other... I water his victory garden, and he stakes my tomato plants." (undated, c. 1942-1945, OWI)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-made-for-each-other-victory-garden-terry-1943/
description: 'Undated: NARA gives no date; c. 1942-1945 from the OWI series. Two young women talk on a sofa beneath a framed photo of a young man.'
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[!["We're just made for each other... I water his victory garden, and he stakes my tomato plants.", 1943 US cartoon: Undated](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-made-for-each-other-victory-garden-terry-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-made-for-each-other-victory-garden-terry-1943.jpg)

# "We're just made for each other... I water his victory garden, and he stakes my tomato plants." (undated, c. 1942-1945, OWI)

Undated: NARA gives no date; c. 1942-1945 from the OWI series. Two young women talk on a sofa beneath a framed photo of a young man; the caption plays on gardening terms in a flirtation. The tell is plain-folks: a casual, humorous domestic scene makes home vegetable gardening look ordinary and sociable.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"WE'RE JUST MADE FOR EACH OTHER... I WATER HIS VICTORY GARDEN, AND HE STAKES MY TOMATO PLANTS."
[signed] Hilda Terry for OWI
[sheet mark] M-73
```

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