<P> In the image selected by McCartney , the group walk across the street in single file from left to right , with Lennon leading , followed by Starr , McCartney , and Harrison . McCartney is barefoot and out of step with the other members . Apart from Harrison , the group are wearing suits designed by Tommy Nutter . To the left of the picture , parked next to the zebra crossing , is a white Volkswagen Beetle which belonged to one of the people living in the block of flats across from the recording studio . After the album was released , the number plate ( LMW 281F ) was stolen repeatedly from the car . In 1986 , the car was sold at auction for £ 2,530 and in 2001 was on display in a museum in Germany . The man standing on the pavement to the right of the picture is Paul Cole ( 7 July 1911 -- 13 February 2008 ) , an American tourist unaware he had been photographed until he saw the album cover months later . On the original cover , McCartney holds a cigarette ; in 2003 several US poster companies airbrushed this cigarette out of the image , without permission from either Apple or McCartney . </P>
<P> In the image selected by McCartney , the group walk across the street in single file from left to right , with Lennon leading , followed by Starr , McCartney , and Harrison . McCartney is barefoot and out of step with the other members . Apart from Harrison , the group are wearing suits designed by Tommy Nutter . To the left of the picture , parked next to the zebra crossing , is a white Volkswagen Beetle which belonged to one of the people living in the block of flats across from the recording studio . After the album was released , the number plate ( LMW 281F ) was stolen repeatedly from the car . In 1986 , the car was sold at auction for £ 2,530 and in 2001 was on display in a museum in Germany . The man standing on the pavement to the right of the picture is Paul Cole ( 7 July 1911 -- 13 February 2008 ) , an American tourist unaware he had been photographed until he saw the album cover months later . On the original cover , McCartney holds a cigarette ; in 2003 several US poster companies airbrushed this cigarette out of the image , without permission from either Apple or McCartney . </P>
which beatle leads the way on the abbey road album
which beatle leads the way on the abbey road album
Lennon
Lennon