The photograph of the Beatles is a simple one; there are no symbols or drawings. However, it was interpreted differently among people for many reasons. Shortly after the album was released to the public, rumors began to surface in the United States that Paul McCartney was dead. The man in the picture was simply a stand in for McCartney. Many people believed that there was truth to these rumors because he was bare foot which is a mafia sign for death. Also, the license plate of the Volkswagen Beatle in the background reads “28 if”, meaning that McCartney would have been 28 if he was still alive. There was no truth to any of the rumors. According to McCartney, “It was very hot day in August, and I had arrived wearing a suit and sandals. It was so hot that I kicked the sandals off and walked across barefoot for a few takes, and it happened that in the shot he used I had no shoes on, Sandie Shaw style.”(Paul McCartney, The Beatles

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