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
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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (cartoon artwork; artist Charles Alston)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Science and technology, Race and ethnicity, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 208, Cartoons Promoting the War Effort (NAID 535594), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 208, 208-COM-231 (NAID 535694).
Text on the object
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
