U.S. Marshals Surround The Lyceum on September 30, 1962. Photograph by Ed Meek.
John Cofield
It was back in the day when The Warehouse, The Hoka, and The Gin were all still...
“I can’t believe that some were unaware of or knew of this sacred place in the county...
It’s an Old Oxford memory. The Skipwith House on University Avenue has been gone for years but...
As to Willie Wallace, there is only a handful like him. Some businesses are eclipsed by their...
“I still drive by that place and just look at it remembering a line of kids all...
Phillip Bryant‘s unique law office at the corner of 9th Street and Jefferson gave the steep grade its...
The character of the first order, a dear friend to all that knew him, a worker to...
I think it was the fourth of July, and Oxford gathered in big numbers at Avent Park for...
There were drills and meetings for the guardsman for sure. But add to that the memories of...
This old black & white photograph by Bob Davis could be any small-town intersection in the 1950s....
The old fire truck at Avent Park entertained many a local kid. We drove the big rig,...
“The late-night viewings of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ were epic! Audience participation was phenomenal! Flying toast, rice, water,...
Classic Americana as Oxford Boy Scout Troop 144 marches Old Glory around The Square. Photograph © Deborah...
J. R. Cofield‘s last shot of many he took of James “Blind Jim” Ivy, in 1955 at...
As an adult, I soon realized that Dad’s photographs of William Faulkner were his most prized captures....
While Mr. Alex Kiamie, Sr. was the head behind his business, Miss Mae Helen Flowers was the...
It was just silent bragging to take out-of-town friends to dinner by parking on The Square and...
All the kids in the Avent Park area and all around town went tearing into the street...
The high school band parades up Van Buren Avenue past Oxford Motor Company in this 1949 shot...