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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
They’ve Just Made Me an ‘Honorary Seminole’!
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

They’ve Just Made Me an ‘Honorary Seminole’!

Object numberMO 1978.2.12
Name Cartoon
Artist (American illustrator, cartoonist, and designer, 1892 - 1969)
Date1942
Mediumpaper (cardstock), ink
Dimensionsoverall H 10 in x W 10 in (25.4 cm x 25.4 cm )
DescriptionAn original black and white cartoon featuring Franklin D. Roosevelt's Scottish terrier dog, Fala. The cartoon is of a scene showing Fala inside a room in the White House with an armchair to his left and a table with a vase and flowers visible through a doorway on the right. Fala is wearing a large Seminole feather headdress which partly trails along the floor. The artist's signature is in the lower right corner of the cartoon: ALAN FOSTER. The caption is typed on a slip of paper formerly adhered below the cartoon: "They've just made me an 'Honorary Seminole'!"
Label TextFrom 1942-1944, American illustrator and cartoonist Alan Foster created a series of cartoons, titled "Mr. Fala of the White House," for Collier's magazine. This cartoon appeared on page 38 of the December 26, 1942 issue of Collier’s.
Additional Details
Custodial History NotePurchased by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 1977 through private sale.
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPolitical Cartoons (National Archives Identifier 749653)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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