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On this date a long time ago

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Norman Rockwell’s “The Runaway,” from 55 years ago today.

Pure corn? Yeah, probably. But sometimes, the older you get, the less jaded you are about this sort of thing.

Surely there were protected little corners of our land where life in America actually did resemble this.

I love the counterman’s expression.

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