Saluting Local Newspapers: Long May They Run
In 1946, Norman Rockwell paid tribute to a great American institution: the country newspaper.
His painting, which appeared in the May 25of Paris, Missouri. It was accompanied by drawings of 76-year-old editor Jack Blanton with his staff of five, producing the weekly paper for its 3,000 subscribers. The photograph over the editor’s desk is of B F. Blanton, his father, who founded the paper. To the right is a Gold Star flag that commemorates Jack‘s grandson, who would have succeed as editor if he had survived World War II. (And to the far right is the artist himself entering the editorial office.)
