Hon. Elie Lescot - President of Haiti (undated, c. 1942-1945, OWI)
Undated: NARA gives no date; c. 1942-1945 from the OWI series. A drawn page with a large portrait of Haitian President Elie Lescot and panels showing him speaking in a legislature and entering a building as minister to the US, plus a map of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The technique is a weak fit: transfer, presenting Haiti's wartime alignment with the United Nations through a respected leader.
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
- War and the military, Empire and colonialism, Elections and party politics
- 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-223 (NAID 535686).
Text on the object
Always interested in the affairs of his country, Lescot was elected to the Haitian Legislature at the age of 27. Hon. ÉLIE LESCOT PRESIDENT OF HAITI As Minister to the U.S., M. Lescot was a familiar figure in pre-war Washington. Because of her strategic position in the Caribbean, Haiti was courted by the Axis. However, she turned a deaf ear to these overtures, and joined forces with the United Nations. NORTH AMERICA HAITI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CENTRAL AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA Alston for OWI
