John Cofield

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “Duke’s Bait Shop and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church”

John Cofield January 18, 2024

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Spring comes to Yoknapatawpha: Duke’s Bait Shop. Note the century old St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in the background.

“Red Bright’s world record white crappie mount that he caught in Enid was on the wall
behind the counter.” — Jim Windham

Spring comes to Yoknapatawpha: Duke’s Bait Shop. Note the century old St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in the background. About 1960. Photograph by J.R. Cofield. © The Cofield Collection.

John Cofield

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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.

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