Dora Usdan, 11th Grade The Ticket Seller by Norman Rockwell was illustrated as a cover for The Saturday Evening Post published on April 24th, 1937. The painting depicts a man in a Ticket Agency surrounded by posters advertising travel destinations in Europe and around the world. Some of the destinations listed are “Paris,” “Mountains” and…

Ariella Rosen, Freshman at Barnard College Marble Champion, a painting by Norman Rockwell, depicts three children crouching before a curved line that is drawn on the ground. There is a boy in white shirt, whose golden hair is bright beneath his red cap; there is a dark-haired boy in a black and white striped polo…

Aaron Shuchman, 10th Grade While Norman Rockwell’s Man Charting War Maneuvers might not contain the jaunty expressions of Willie Gillis: Food Package or the innocence and joy of Marble Champion, the scene is relatable to concerned households across the United States. Front and center, a man listens intently to the radio with a cigar in…

During the 1930s, the nation fell into the worst economic condition ever faced. What began as a recession soon plummeted when Wall Street crashed on October 29, 1929. The effects of the declining economy were felt everywhere and marked a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, plunging farm incomes, and lost opportunities for economic growth…