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Jun 7, 2023 · Seventy years ago, Mary Whalen Leonard was the young model for Norman Rockwell’s “The Young Lady With The Shiner” featured on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on May 23, 1953.
- Anya Tucker
Mary Immen Hall and Mary Whalen Leonard, former models for Norman Rockwell, pose for a picture together on during the Norman Rockwell model reunion Aug. 2 at the Bennington...
Jan 27, 2012 · The physician preparing the shot was Donald Campbell, a real local doctor. “Norman lived across the street from me for a number of years, said Dr. Campbell in a 1976 issue of the Post. “It was a familiar sight to see his long legs carrying him down to the studio regularly before eight a.m. “. Dr. Campbell continued, “Norman couldn’t ...
May 29, 2022 · We see Mary Doyle Keefe, model for Norman Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter, for a 29 May 1943 issue of the Post. Keefe grew up in Arlington, Vermont, where she met Rockwell, who lived in West Arlington. She posed for his painting when she was a 19-year-old telephone operator, earning $5 for each of two mornings she sat for Rockwell.
- 73 Years Later
- After The Photo Shoot
- A Different Era
- Why Smith?
- Meeting The Forgotten Model
Though 73 years have passed, Burow vividly remembers the experience. “We were at a junior high football game. We didn’t have a field or anything when a friend of mine said, ‘He’s looking at you and one other girl that was there.’ So, he approached me with a teacher, I think a history teacher, and they came over and introduced themselves as Norman R...
Likely sensing her disappointment at not getting to keep the prom dress after the photo shoot, Rockwell and Todd took the teenager to get a hamburger on the way home. “I thought that was a big deal” Burow remembers. Todd and Rockwell each gave her $10. “I would have done it for nothing,” she says. “I wasn’t expecting any money, but I was happy to h...
As a teen, Burow did get her prom dress – though not a new formal from Nancy’s – and attended her Fairfax High School senior prom with Glen, her boyfriend since her sophomore year, and the one she married. “From the 10th grade on, he was it!” she says. “We had our high school prom, called a senior prom, in the gym. Nowadays, around here at least, t...
According to a story published in theBeverly Hills Shopping Newsfollowing the 1949 cover, “Rockwell, in search for a model, visited Bancroft Junior High School and picked Cathy out of hundreds of girls he observed there.” “He chose me because of my cute ass,” Cathy Burow says with a smile. The quick-witted mother and grandmother with a great sense ...
Working as a photographer for the Ventura County (California) Star at the time, I proposed we look at Rockwell’s America as a turn-of-the-century project for the year 2000. Along with writer Tom Kisken, we traveled to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and interviewed models, including Jarvis, Rockwell’s oldest son. The Star published an eight-page specia...
Aug 11, 2014 · The artist Norman Rockwell moved to Arlington, Vermont in 1939 and lived there with his family until 1953. During that time Rockwell produced some of his best-known work. His neighbors and their children often served as models for his paintings. Rockwell and his work are generating renewed interest and debate. One of his paintings recently sold ...
Mar 8, 2023 · The Roundtable. New book tells the stories of Norman Rockwell's models. By Joe Donahue. Published March 8, 2023 at 11:13 AM EST. Listen • 19:38. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. In 1940,...
