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
- 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, 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, Artworks and Mockups for 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-220 (NAID 535683).
Text on the object
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
