You're the man, Jones, who said car pooling wouldn't work! (undated, c. 1942-1945, OWI)
Undated: NARA gives no date; c. 1942-1945 from the OWI series. Nine smiling men and women crowd into one open convertible driving away from a factory, with a second full car visible in the distance. The caption (NARA title) addresses a skeptic named Jones, presenting the crowded, cheerful car as proof that sharing rides works, which implies that others are already doing it.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (cartoon artwork; named artist in notes)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- 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 (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-1179 (NAID 535703).
