C. C. Spaulding, Financier-Philosopher, Investor in Government Securities
A biographical panel shows C. C. Spaulding writing at a desk, with small scenes of a dishwasher, three men in high collars with a woman, and a city street with a building marked North Carolina Mutual. Captions trace his rise and credit his firm with over a million dollars in war bonds and support for the Second War Loan drive. The tell is testimonial by exemplar: a named financier's purchases are offered as a model for bond buying.
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
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Race and ethnicity, 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, RG 208, Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 208, 208-COM-227 (NAID 535690).
Text on the object
"C.C.", RAISED ON A FARM, BEGAN HIS CAREER IN DURHAM AS A TEN DOLLAR A WEEK DISHWASHER! C.C. SPAULDING FINANCIER-PHILOSOPHER INVESTOR IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES "The Three Musketeers of Durham" JOHN MERRICK, DR. A.M. MOORE, AND C.C. SPAULDING STARTED THE NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY WITH TOTAL ASSETS CONSISTING OF CHARACTER, EFFICIENCY, AND THREE IMPRESSIVELY HIGH, STIFF COLLARS! NOW, THE NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL IS A SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION, SERVING NEGROES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SPAULDING ATTRIBUTES THE COMPANY'S FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS LARGELY TO HIS FAITH IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. HAVING ALREADY PURCHASED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN WAR BONDS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT NOTES, HIS FIRM IS AN ARDENT SUPPORTER OF THE CURRENT THIRTEEN BILLION DOLLAR SECOND WAR LOAN DRIVE [text cut off at sheet edge] 36 1/2 Picas
