The original City Grocery in Oxford, Mississippi, owned by the Fudge family. Today’s City Grocery restaurant lives...
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.
Truck farmers on The Square, 1961 – Photograph © Martin J. Dain Collection.
Now & Then – So much has changed. But still, there’s nowhere else I’d rather be.
Oxford, Mississippi on The Square – Ca. 1910
“Turning Nickels Into Dimes” Kids distributing The Oxford Eagle when it was a weekly publication. It was...
Shaw & Sneed Hardware on The Square at 114 Courthouse Square in 1959. In 2025, the building...
Hood’s Bait & Tackle, on Highway 30 in Oxford, Mississippi, close to the 3-Way intersection. In 2025,...
Paris, Mississippi. – Photograph © Martin J. Dain Collection, 1961.
Shirley Hollowell posted: Taylor, Mississippi, J. G. Hurdle and Son store, ca. 1950s, now housing Taylor Grocery and...
Duvall’s Store on The Square, Oxford, Mississippi, early 1900s.
Tommy Bounds worked a county salesman route with household goods. The kids are priceless, one shy, one...
A Facebook message sometimes just disappears. I just got one from someone wanting to know about this...
When Kroger was on South Lamar. I believe this is the old Soulshine Pizza building. What is...
It was for decades the main entrance into town. The list of noted northerners coming southbound for...
Rev. Willie Houston and Elbert Houston dig William Faulkner’s grave Photograph by Martin Dain, July, 1962.
For my generation of 1970s teens, we too were mesmerized by the comings and goings at Thacker...
Good visiting with Jimmy Sledge at lunch today. Here is his mother, Sally Hollowell Sledge, on The...
Filmed on Lafayette County land owned by Kaye Hooker Bryant, her barn was actually burned for the...
Looking east on Jackson Avenue, 1976, with Rebel Chevrolet on the left and Kiamie’s on the right....
Jimmy Buffett supposedly finished one of his books on the Faulkner “Absalom, Absalom” table. Photograph by Robert Jordan.