Photographed in the winter of 1940 by Marion Walcott, “Snowy Night” was taken in the center of town in Woodstock, Vermont. The center of town is well-lit by the soft light emitted from the street lamps; displaying the lack of people out on this “Snowy Night.” While it is unable to definitively deduce from the snow-covered cars that line the block, the lack of people is certainly aided by the cold temperatures and closed businesses. Topic sentence. The first thing that catches one’s eye in this photo is the nearest streetlight because of the contrast between the streetlight and the night sky. Being situated in the upper middle of the picture, it’s difficult to take one’s eyes off this streetlight at first. The smooth chunks of snow on either
