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“Breaking Home Ties” by Norman Rockwell on the cover of “The Saturday Evening Post,” September 25, 1954. | Norman rockwell, Rockwell, Norman rockwell art

As with most of Rockwell’s works, the details of the picture tell a story, in this case a story of endings and beginnings, as a boy leaves home for the first time. The young man, his father and a dog, sit on the running board of the family’s farm truck. The ticket protruding from the son’s pocket, and the single rail visible at the lower corner of the painting suggest that they are at a whistle stop waiting for the train. The son’s books are stacked on a new suitcase bearing a “State U”…

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