This photograph shows a busy crowd in New York broken by a small child standing out, looking at the viewer.  Due to the time period of the late 1950’s, the symbolism of this picture is indicative of the Cold War social tensions and the stark ideologies of the world that make little sense to a child lost in a sea of adult values. NYC being a hub of capitalism and information, a symbol of the American way of life, becomes an important setting in the context of the Cold War, especially because it would have  been a major target in the event of a nuclear altercation between the United States and Russia. The child’s gaze appears to be casting a judgment about society on an intuitive level.