"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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (cartoon artwork; artist Hilda Terry)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Gender and suffrage
- 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 (NARA), RG 208, Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort (NAID 535594), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 208, 208-COM-482 (NAID 535699).
Text on the object
"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
