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Harrison Street Community Garden
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Children working in an urban community garden. Original caption reads: "Scene in Harrison Street Community Garden showing each plot staked off. Up to 1917 this was a dumping ground and an eyesore to the community. The Garden Campaign turned it into usefulness and a place for the children to spend their time doing something worth while." A sign in the foreground reads: "Honor the flag! Protecting this garden, as a part of the food supply of the nation; the Garden Bureau of Chicago."
April 1917
International Harvester Company
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