>> And sometimes I'm shocked by pieces, because I've only seen them in black and white. Phil probably got a bit more art education in school, but there wouldn't have been more color printing. <<

That's possible.

>> Norman Rockwell is also a city boy, about a generation older than Steve. <<

I think those would be images that Steve grew up with and enjoyed as cultural touchstones.

>> There is one piece that was popular as a puzzle, a soldier returned to his tenement's back being greeted by a surprised matronly woman out to hang the wash. <<

I love that picture. I couldn't find it as a puzzle, but I saved the image for future reference, because I do have Steve and Bucky playing with puzzles later.