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title: Hon. Edwin Barclay - President of Liberia
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-hon-edwin-barclay-president-of-liberia-alston-1943/
description: 'A pencil portrait of Liberian President Edwin Barclay is surrounded by three small scenes: Roosevelt shaking hands with Barclay.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Hon. Edwin Barclay - President of Liberia, 1943 US cartoon: A pencil portrait of Liberian President Edwin Barclay](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-hon-edwin-barclay-president-of-liberia-alston-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-hon-edwin-barclay-president-of-liberia-alston-1943.jpg)

# Hon. Edwin Barclay - President of Liberia

A pencil portrait of Liberian President Edwin Barclay is surrounded by three small scenes: Roosevelt shaking hands with Barclay, a rubber tapper at a tree, and a pianist at a grand piano, each with a caption. The tell is a weak fit for testimonial: a foreign head of state is presented in a favourable biographical panel that links Liberia's rubber to the US war effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
When President Roosevelt visited Liberia, after the historic Casablanca Conference, he invited President Barclay to visit the U.S. as this nation's guest.
HON. EDWIN BARCLAY
PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA
The Republic of Liberia supplies an important part of the crude rubber, vital to our war effort.
An accomplished musician, President Barclay composed Liberia's most popular, patriotic song!
[signed] Alston for OWI
```

[← "Good hunting, son, - you're on your own now!!!"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-good-hunting-son-alston-1943/) ["We're just made for each other... I water his victory garden, and he stakes my tomato plants." (undated, c. 1942-1945, OWI) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-made-for-each-other-victory-garden-terry-1943/)

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