One of the first pieces of evidence I was able to pull from the photo is the lack of people in the area. You do not need to perform extensive analysis to observe how little people there are in the photo. The only townspeople we are able to see are a few gathered around one of the businesses, as well as a man walking across the street. But because of this, I was able to make one of the strongest correlations between the book and this image. On page 5, there contains a quote that best supports this, that being "He liked Maycomb, he was Maycomb County born and bred; he knew his people, they knew him, and because of Simon Finch's industry, Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town." This quote shows that Maycomb was a relatively small community, meaning little population, which pertains to the photos limited amount of people lurking the streets.
Another observation I had made in the photo was the social status of a majority of the people as well as the city. With analysis, it is apparent that there are hardly any major characteristics of upper class life. The properties of the town are nice, but they do not exude wealth and aristocratic values. The clothing of the few people in the photo is most likely not what those whom belong to the high-class would wear. Because of these factors, it brought me back to Maycomb. With quotes such as "Little Chuck Little was another member of the population who didn’t know where
his next meal was coming from." It is apparent that Maycomb was not an extraordinarily rich town.
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