Rockwell's 'the County Agent'

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Norman Rockwell painted his iconic "The County Agent" for a July 24, 1948 SATURDAY EVENING POST cover.

In 1948 when Norman Rockwell created the famous painting, "The County Agent," depicting Extension agent Herald Rippey as he explains to 4-H member Jama Fuller how he is checking a calf, while other members of the Fuller family of Redkey, Indiana look on, his creative genius was at its best! The painting had captured the spirit of rural America, the Extension Service, and 4-H all in one memorable scene.

The original painting today is housed in the Kellogg Conference Center at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. The painting, a sentimental favorite of 4-H enthusiasts everywhere, was transferred on to a pair of limited edition collector plates offered through the National 4-H Supply Service. In 1989, David L. Litten, vice president, Midwestern Region, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, a member of National 4-H Council's board of trustees, presented a signed original Rockwell print of "The County Agent" to 4-H Council President Dick Sauer to be hung at the National 4-H Center.

For more information a section on 'The County Agent' is available in the National 4-H History area of the 4-H History Preservation website.