Illustrators at the Charles E. Cooper Studio often used each other as models, props. In the above three images Norman played his part for the illustrations of others. In the bandages (Robert Baxter) and under the tree, on the left, illustrators played their part for Norman’s paintings.
Norman Adams started working for Charles E. Coopers in Feb. 1959. Here he poses (with glasses) with Joe De Mers (gray hair), WW II Ace Wayne Blickenstaff (2/3 hidden) for a Saturday Evening Post illustration July 9, 1960.