Paul R. Williams, A.I.A. - Noted Architect
A large pencil portrait of Paul R. Williams is surrounded by vignettes of a drawing-board scene, a hillside house with film-star names on stars, and a modern building with aircraft overhead, with hand-lettered paragraphs on his projects. The tell is a weak fit for testimonial: celebrity names are attached to his work as an example for the audience.
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, Home front, Race and ethnicity
- 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, OWI Cartoon Artworks and Mockups (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-228 (NAID 535691).
Text on the object
He is associate architect on a 12,000,000 dollar Navy base on the West Coast, and two Naval air bases. As chief architect, he has designed 1000 defense homes in Los Angeles, 400 at a basic magnesium plant in Nevada, and 300 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. GRACE MOORE LUCILLE BALL TYRONE POWER BILL ROBINSON LEON ERROL Before the war, this brilliant architect received the American Institute award for designing the most beautiful building in Beverly Hills. He was also the architect for the homes of many of the famous motion picture stars. PAUL R. WILLIAMS A.I.A. NOTED ARCHITECT In addition to a huge air terminal, Williams has under construction a ten story hotel, and several private estates in South America. Alston OWI
