The print version of the NYTimes has a picture of Harper Lee and A.C. Lee taken in 1961 on the porch of the home in Monroeville, AL. It's different than the
one online in this piece.
I'm sure that town was at least as conservative as the upstate NY area I grew up in. Three things caught my eye:
- she's smoking, not something a proper lady did at that time.
- she's wearing slacks, also not something a proper lady did.
- her expression, which seems a bit rebellious and sulky.
It's interesting, in the online picture of the two, perhaps taken on the same day, the two are posed the same (A.C. facing left nearest the camera, his daughter reclining behind him facing right), no cigarette is in sight, A.C. hides the slacks (or perhaps she's wearing a dress), and the expression is more neutral. I wonder about the story behind the two photos.
In the
Post there was a picture of Ms Lee as a white-haired pleasant old lady.
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