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 ...

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." ...