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title: Fred R. Moore - Humanitarian, Editor, Leader, 1857-1943
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-fred-r-moore-1943/
description: 'A biographical panel with a pencil portrait of Fred R. Moore and three vignettes: a barefoot newsboy, Moore with a map of Africa.'
section: Collection
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[![Fred R. Moore - Humanitarian, Editor, Leader, 1857-1943, 1943 US cartoon: A biographical panel with a pencil portrait of Fred](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/owi-alston-fred-r-moore-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/owi-alston-fred-r-moore-1943.jpg)

# Fred R. Moore - Humanitarian, Editor, Leader, 1857-1943

A biographical panel with a pencil portrait of Fred R. Moore and three vignettes: a barefoot newsboy, Moore with a map of Africa, and a crowd before the New York Age office advertising a $2,000,000 war bond drive. The tell is transfer: the subject's respected career is attached to the war bond drive, with praise terms such as 'tireless fighter for democracy'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
FRED R. MOORE
HUMANITARIAN, EDITOR, LEADER
1857 - 1943
STARTED HIS NEWSPAPER CAREER AS A BAREFOOT NEWSBOY ON THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON!
HIMSELF A FORMER MINISTER TO LIBERIA, HE WAS THE FATHER-IN-LAW OF THE PRESENT MINISTER, LESTER WALTON.
NEW YORK AGE
$1000 IN PRIZES!!!
$2,000,000 WAR BOND DRIVE!
FOR 35 YEARS HE WAS EDITOR OF "THE NEW YORK AGE", ONE OF FIVE NEGRO NEWSPAPERS NOW ENGAGED IN A $2,000,000 WAR BOND DRIVE.
A TIRELESS FIGHTER FOR DEMOCRACY, HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN RED CROSS AND WAR DRIVES IN THE LAST WAR.
Alston OWI
OWI-DC-114
```

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