Canning demonstration

Canning Demonstration

Home-canned goods were exempted from the limits imposed by rationing, and victory gardeners were urged to grow enough fruits and vegetables to put aside for winter. Government pamphlets and agents of state agricultural extension services taught them how to can produce at home. This photograph was part of an instructional booklet published by the U.S. Office of War Information in 1943. Steel-saving glass-top jars recommended by the War Production Board, Containers Division, for home canning of the Victory garden fruits and vegetables in 1943.

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Collier, John, Jr. Steel-saving glass-top jars recommended by the War Production Board, Containers Division, for home canning of the Victory garden fruits and vegetables in 1943. Second step is to place the lid directly on top of the ring on the jar mouth which must be smooth, even and clean. To make a snug seal, lid and ring are screwed down with the threaded steel band . 1943. Negative. Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Division. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017847467/ (Accessed December 27, 2018).