Spring 1998 Changes and Challenges: Rockwell in the 1930s, by Maureen Hart Hennessey
The 1930s were a time of crisis and uncertainty in America. The collapse of the U.S. Stock Exchange on October 28, 1929 created a world economic crisis that reverberated through most of the coming decade. Tensions in Europe would explode into war by September 1939.
A Move to the Country: Rockwell in Westchester, by Stephanie Plunkett
Although his images often betray a heartfelt appreciation for rural life, it gave Norman Rockwell considerable pleasure to let people know that he actually had been born in New York City, where he and his family lived in a fifth floor walk-up on 103rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue.