The carnival came to town during the Mayberry days. Grandad took this photograph about 1950. The older...
John Cofield
John Cofield grew up in Oxford. He is the son of renowned University photographer, Jack Cofield. His grandfather, J. R. "Colonel" Cofield, was William Faulkner's personal photographer, and for decades was Ole Miss annual photographer. Four generations of the Cofield family have contributed to Oxford's pictorial history.
Our finest hour tolled some 4,700 miles from Lafayette County, Mississippi, as King Gustaf VI of Sweden...
Up until the early 1960s, private hospitals met the local needs. Oxford Hospital and Bramlett Hospital were...
Like with so many other Old Oxford names, these books can’t avoid running across the Falkners and...
“Bluebirds still swoop through the old cedars, and deer and silver fox roam the ancient boxwoods. Quiet,...
The wagons rolled in, and mules, tractors, and trucks came and went. The lent lazily floated by and...
There was once a time when the grammar school boys raced to The Oxford Eagle to buy papers...
William Faulkner‘s hearse rounding The Square on its way to St. Peter’s Cemetery, July 7, 1962. Photograph...
Behind Marquis Chevron was a well-traveled apartment complex. I had a good many friends who lived there...
While it may be seen as just another fast-food restaurant, it was more than that for Oxford...
Bob Yerke‘s, yes he shortened his name for the store sign, was a master at Philly Cheesesteak...
He was bigger than life for the kids of Oxford. Johnny Vaught was the king and Archie...
From the third volume of Oxford, Mississippi, the Cofield Collection, this photograph explains the directions the book travels...
No, it was not The Gin, or The Warehouse, it was Ireland’s! Seemingly straight out of a...
Many Oxford children remember the sights and smells of the Lafayette County Co-Op. Seed, feed, and multi-colored chickens...
On The Square, Fall 1961, photograph © Martin J. Dain Collection
Many Oxford folks and Ole Miss alums well remember George Kakales sitting in the first booth at...
Deborah Freeland‘s fine shot of Miss Georgia Isaiah‘s Busy Bee Cafe up on the far hill on...
World War II was won and the boys came home. Military brass salutes the US Army band and...
“Elbert was a fixture at the store. I took this picture in 1973. He was a regular...