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Be patient, my boy, Papa's going to get you some gas
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Saudi Arabia United States |
| Description | World War II cartoon shows Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes riding a camel and carrying a long pipe labeled "1250 Miles Arabian Pipeline to Tap Billion Barrel Field." He tells John Q. Public (labeled "Taxpayer" and carrying a sign reading "'A' Card 1 1/2 Gallons per Week"), "Be patient, my boy. Papa's going to get you some gas." Gas and petroleum shortages during the war led to gas rationing with most citizens receiving an "A" card which provided the smallest amount of gasoline. Ickes proposed increasing the supply of petroleum by having the American government join with Aramco (the Arabian American Oil Company) in building a thousand mile pipeline from the company's oil fields in Saudi Arabia to a spot in the Mediterranean, providing a guaranteed billion barrel oil reserve for the armed forces. In the end, the proposal came to nothing. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Pipelines--Saudi Arabia--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Petroleum industry--United States--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Ickes, Harold L.--(Harold LeClair),--1874-1952. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | John Q. Public (Symbolic character)--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Consumer rationing--United States--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Camels--1940-1950. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
