#OTD in 1945
(The war is now over, and the corn in this year’s Victory Garden is ripe.)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 22, 1945
Abe Birnbaum
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#OTD in 1944
(Victory garden and home canning crisis: now or never!)
The ‘Hokinson Woman’ (with servants) does her part.
Cover of The New Yorker, September 16, 1944
Helen Hokinson
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