A signed sketch by Jarvis Waring Rockwell Jr., older brother of famed illustrator Norman Rockwell, and a record log give a glimpse of the Rockwell family's time living in Mamaroneck.

The Rockwells lived in Mamaroneck from 1903-12 and the sketch dates from when Jarvis and his brother went to Mamaroneck High School, located then in what is now the Mamaroneck Town Center (Norman left school early to study art.). Jarvis' drawing shows two football players, one labeled "Anybody," and a player with an "M" on his jersey representing "M.R.L." The meaning is unclear but perhaps the "M" represents Mamaroneck.

The record - the type is unclear - pinpoints that the Rockwell family was living on Prospect Avenue in Mamaroneck in 1911, when Jarvis would have been 19. The address then was 121 Prospect but in the 400 block of Prospect today. The village renumbered addresses around 1940.

The two images were shared by Vivian Bonnist Cord. They came to her from a family friend.

Jarvis' creations: toys

Jarvis Waring Rockwell Jr. (1892-1973) was creative like his brother but preferred to work with wood. He built model ships and doll houses, among other things.

Macy's department store would display some of his doll houses during the Christmas season. After a stint as a Wall Street stockbroker, in 1931 he went to work designing wooden toys for Holgate Toy Company in Kane, Pennsylvania, according to an account posted online by the Kane Area Development Center. Jarvis lived in Kane from 1931-55. The toys he created included a set of different color blocks called 'blox.' In his workshop hung an original cover illustration by brother Norman (1894-1978). Norman, creator of classic American cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post, also donated a large charcoal sketch for a graduating class’ gift to Kane high school.

Jarvis and his wife, Caroline Cushman Rockwell (1893-1971), had two sons, Richard (1920-2006), an illustrator, and John (1918-1997).

Jarvis, then residing in St. Petersburg, Florida, died May 9, 1973.