Norman Rockwell, visited the school. Rockwell, who frequently used local subjects for his paintings, was in search of a child for his upcoming piece, which would end up being titled "The Runaway." ...

Norman Rockwell was born in 1894 in New York ... American family and the grim realities of life was Rockwell’s The Runaway of a would-be runaway boy and a friendly cop talking at a diner ...