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title: George Washington Carver, One of America's Great Scientists
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-george-washington-carver-great-scientist-1943/
description: A biographical sheet shows a large portrait of George Washington Carver, a scene of night riders and a horse, a factory, and Carver at a laboratory bench.
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** A biographical sheet that includes a small panel of hooded night riders and a horse, illustrating the printed account of Carver's kidnapping as an infant, as published. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![George Washington Carver, One of America's Great Scientists, 1943 US cartoon: A biographical sheet shows a large portrait](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/owi-alston-george-washington-carver-great-scientist-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/owi-alston-george-washington-carver-great-scientist-1943.jpg)

# George Washington Carver, One of America's Great Scientists

A biographical sheet shows a large portrait of George Washington Carver, a scene of night riders and a horse, a factory, and Carver at a laboratory bench, with a list of products and text on his work. The tell is testimonial with selective emphasis: a list of products and a dollar figure are given without sources, and the hope that he may yet supply rubber ties him to the war effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
DR. CARVER HAS CREATED SOME 200 PRODUCTS FROM THE LOWLY PEANUT, AND OVER 100 FROM THE SWEET POTATO.
HERE ARE A FEW OF THEM:
MILK
BUTTER
CHEESE
COFFEE
PICKLES
FLOUR
SOAP
INK
COSMETICS
SHAVING LOTION
BREAKFAST FOOD
STARCH
VINEGAR
SHOE-BLACKING
LIBRARY PASTE
CANDY
MANY OF HIS PRODUCTS ARE NOW AIDING THE WAR EFFORT.
Who Knows??
HE MAY YET GIVE UNCLE SAM THE RUBBER HE SO URGENTLY NEEDS!!
George Washington CARVER
One of America's Great Scientists
KIDNAPPED AS A BABY BY NIGHT RAIDERS, HE WAS RANSOMED BY HIS OWNER, MOSES CARVER, FOR A RACE HORSE, VALUED AT $300.
HE CAN COOK TOO!
HE NOT ONLY TAUGHT SOUTHERN FARMERS SOIL CONSERVATION-- HE GAVE THE SOUTH A NEW AND LUCRATIVE INDUSTRY-- PEANUT PRODUCTS, YIELDING OVER $60,000,000 ANNUALLY.
Alston for OWI
```

[← Fred R. Moore - Humanitarian, Editor, Leader, 1857-1943](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-fred-r-moore-1943/) [Gettysburg yesterday - the world today →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-gettysburg-yesterday-the-world-today-1943/)

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