!["He'll give thanks every day if you back him up 100%!" [Incentive to buy war bonds], 1943 US cartoon: Undated](../images/owi-alston-hell-give-thanks-every-day-war-bonds-1943.jpg)
"He'll give thanks every day if you back him up 100%!" [Incentive to buy war bonds] (undated, c. 1942-1945, OWI)
Undated: NARA gives no date; c. 1942-1945 from the OWI series. Three Black civilians, one with a pitchfork, one in work clothes, one with a wrench, hold up a sheet marked 'War Bonds' toward a Black soldier who waves from a hill with a rifle and explosion behind him. The tell is identity-fusion with a weak fit: civilians and soldier are drawn as one community, and bond buying is framed as personal support for the man at the front.
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
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance, Home front
- 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-44 (NAID 535614).
Text on the object
WAR BONDS "HE'LL GIVE THANKS EVERY DAY IF YOU BACK HIM UP 100%!" Alston OWI
