We All Scream!
Here's the scoop on our favorite ice cream covers. Rockwell’s teenage soda jerk seems much more interested in the female customers than in serving up ice cream, but definitely more interested in the ice cream than the girl is the black and white dog intently watching the melting ice cream illustrated by Ellen Pyle on the August 12, 1922, cover.
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The Collector’s Corner
Defining the everyday mannerisms of American culture, Norman Rockwell collectibles carefully narrate classic slice-of-life moments—illustrations destined to live forever as a reminder of our nation’s values, celebrations, and cherished traditions. Check out some of our favorites.
The American Illustrators Hall of Fame: America the Beautiful
Our illustrators paint their way from sea to shining sea.
The Fourth of July: Throughout the Decades
Artist Guernsey Moore did many turn-of-century covers (at the turn of the 20th century, not the 21st), and the June 30, 1900, issue appears to be our first Fourth of July cover. Using colonials as representative of the Fourth was popular before the days of fancy fireworks and Fourth of July parades, although firecrackers showed up early.
In Honor of June Brides
Oh my. There seems to be a conflicting view of married life already, and we’re only at the altar. In artist Constantin Alajalov’s June 1961 cover, the dreamy groom is visualizing a blissful married life, complete with breakfast in bed. Isn’t that the way marriage is?
Thornton Utz: A Salute to Dad
Dad slips up the stairs, only to find two angelic boys fast asleep in their beds. The “this is way too familiar” theme was typical of artist Thornton Utz. Admit it, you were supposed to be asleep a few times and pulled the little innocent “angel” routine when you were about to be caught.
Old Glory
Uncle Sam makes an appearance with the U.S. flag on the July 13, 1901, cover, staking the flag into Britain with steel bars, representing the expansion of “metallurgic establishments” by one J. P. Morgan into that country. That simple black and white effort by artist George Gibbs was only the beginning of Old Glory’s numerous appearances on the cover.
George Hughes: Signs of Summer
Seems like the lady of the house (or yard) can’t decide where the tree looks best. The cover from April 9, 1955, shows a weary laborer digging holes for a tree. That’s one tree and several holes. (Oh, and note the truck in the driveway.)
Ivan Dimitri
The first racecar appeared on one of our covers in 1909, but it's Ivan Dimitri's 1937 illustration of a driver preparing for the race that caught our attention. With an eye for photography and a hand for etchings, Dimitri's talents create an artistic duet for art enthusiasts.
Rockwell’s Willie Gillis
Two lovely ladies are at their mailboxes, but the situation isn’t pretty. Seems both have been communicating with the same soldier, Willie Gillis. Not the first time we find Willie in hot water.
