Victory Garden at the future site of the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"

Victory Garden at the future site of the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"

Cleveland (Ohio)--1940-1950.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Victory gardens--United States--1930-1950.

In Cleveland, Ohio, residents planted a Victory Garden on the downtown Mall where the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life" currently stands. Crops produced by the Mall garden included beans, cabbage, tomatoes, beets, broccoli, corn, turnips, peppers, and more supplying the community with a wide array of fresh vegetables. Local business leaders, schoolchildren, and Cleveland residents all did their part by planting seeds, thinning crops, and harvesting the produce. The Mall garden featured a small shed which housed all the tools residents would need to help tend the plot.

Byron Filkins

Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 6 Folder 28

The Cleveland Press

1944-08-30

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V-06-28

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eng

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A6400

Cleveland (Ohio)

Black and white print

8.75" x 9"