History Heartwarming / NormanRockwell

* ''[[http://www.nrm.org/MT/text/BreakingHomeTiesRockwell.html Breaking Home Ties]]''. While it borders on TearJerker status -- a father sitting with son as the young man is waiting for the train for college, with that forlorn dog resting his head on the boy's knee -- it still counts as Heartwarming. The father seeing off the boy to become a man... and... sniff... oh, crap, we need a TearJerker page.

* "[[https://prints.nrm.org/detail/260792/rockwell-sunset-puppy-love Puppy Love]]". When Website/{{Google}} used it as a Doodle image in 2010, viewership interest overwhelmed the Rockwell Museum's server.

** [[https://prints.nrm.org/detail/260965/rockwell-homecoming-g.i.-1945 A soldier returning home from war]].
** [[https://prints.nrm.org/detail/261048/rockwell-the-runaway-1958 A cop talking a kid out of running away from home]].[[note]] The model for the policeman is sometimes erroneously claimed to be occasional Rockwell model William Obanhein, known to fans of Rockwell's fellow Stockbridge resident Arlo Guthrie as "Officer Obie" in the song "Music/AlicesRestaurant".[[/note]]
* "[[http://www.nrm.org/MT/text/BreakingHomeTiesRockwell.html Breaking Home Ties]]". While it borders on TearJerker status -- a father sitting with son as the young man is waiting for the train for college, with that forlorn dog resting his head on the boy's knee -- it still counts as Heartwarming. The father seeing off the boy to become a man... and... sniff... oh, crap, we need a TearJerker page.
* "[[https://prints.nrm.org/detail/260820/rockwell-doctor-and-the-doll The Doctor and the Doll]]", in which a grandfatherly doctor gravely uses his stethoscope to examine a doll belonging to a worried-looking little girl. The seriousness with which he treats her seemingly absurd request, just to put her mind at ease, makes it perfectly clear he's a FriendToAllChildren.

* ''[[https://prints.nrm.org/detail/260792/rockwell-sunset-puppy-love Puppy Love]]''. When Website/{{Google}} used it as a Doodle image in 2010, viewership interest overwhelmed the Rockwell Museum's server.

* ''[[http://www.nrm.org/MT/text/BreakingHomeTiesRockwell.html Breaking Home Ties]]''. While it borders on TearJerker status -- a father sitting with son as the young man is waiting for the train for college, with that forlorn dog resting his head on the boy's knee -- it still counts as Heartwarming. The father seeing off the boy to become a man... and... sniff... oh, crap, we need a TearJerker page.
* ''[[https://prints.nrm.org/detail/260820/rockwell-doctor-and-the-doll The Doctor and the Doll]]'', in which a grandfatherly doctor gravely uses his stethoscope to examine a doll belonging to a worried-looking little girl. The seriousness with which he treats her seemingly absurd request, just to put her mind at ease, makes it perfectly clear he's a FriendToAllChildren.

* ''[[http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/1926-puppy-love.html Puppy Love]]''. When Website/{{Google}} used it as a Doodle image in 2010, viewership interest overwhelmed the Rockwell Museum's server.

** [[http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/1945-the-homecoming.html A soldier returning home from war]].
** [[http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/1958-the-runaway.html A cop talking a kid out of running away from home]].[[note]] The model for the policeman is sometimes erroneously claimed to be occasional Rockwell model William Obanhein, known to fans of Rockwell's fellow Stockbridge resident Arlo Guthrie as "Officer Obie" in the song "Music/AlicesRestaurant".[[/note]]

* "[[http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/1926-puppy-love.html Puppy Love]]". When Website/{{Google}} used it as a Doodle image in 2010, viewership interest overwhelmed the Rockwell Museum's server.

* "[[http://www.nrm.org/MT/text/BreakingHomeTiesRockwell.html Breaking Home Ties]]". While it borders on TearJerker status - a father sitting with son as the young man is waiting for the train for college, with that forlorn dog resting his head on the boy's knee - it still counts as Heartwarming. The father seeing off the boy to become a man... and... sniff... oh, crap, we need a TearJerker page.
* "[[https://prints.nrm.org/detail/260820/rockwell-doctor-and-the-doll The Doctor and the Doll]]", where a grandfatherly doctor gravely uses his stethoscope to examine a doll belonging to a worried-looking little girl. The seriousness with which he treats her seemingly absurd request, just to put her mind at ease, makes it perfectly clear he's a FriendToAllChildren.

** [[http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/1958-the-runaway.html A cop talking a kid out of running away from home]].

* "[[https://prints.nrm.org/detail/260820/rockwell-doctor-and-the-doll The Doctor and the Doll]]", as a grandfatherly doctor gravely uses his stethoscope to examine a doll belonging to a worried-looking little girl. Something about the seriousness with which he treats her seemingly absurd request makes it perfectly clear he's a FriendToAllChildren.

* "[[http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/1926-puppy-love.html Puppy Love]]". When Google used it as a Doodle image in 2010, viewership interest overwhelmed the Rockwell Museum's server.

** [[http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/1945-the-homecoming.html A Soldier returning from war]].

* "Breaking Home Ties". While it borders on TearJerker status - a father sitting with son as the young man is waiting for the train for college, with that forlorn dog resting his head on the boy's knee - it still counts as Heartwarming. The father seeing off the boy to become a man... and... sniff... oh crap we need a TearJerker page.