Jack, and Delano. Main Street of Greensboro, Alabama. 1931. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Greensboro.
In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, the book focuses on a certain town called Maycomb in where the characters live. The picture that I chose makes me think of the town Maycomb, because of its description in the book. In the book, on page 5, it states that "People moved slowly then. They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of stores around it, took their time about anything." I think this quote supports the picture because there is people walking down the street, probably looking for the things they needed to buy.
Something I noticed in this picture, was the people in the picture. When I looked at this picture, several questions came to mind. I wondered if maybe this photo was taken on a weekday or on the weekend, seeing as there is many people walking around in the stores. I also wondered what that African American man was going out to do, was he picking up supplies so he could continue working? Or maybe he had to pick up a certain object, type of food, etc. for his family. One of the last things I had observed was how there wasn't too many people in the picture, but there were rows and rows of cars.
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