John Cofield

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “Oxford 1946”

John Cofield July 27, 2023 1 minute read

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World War II was won and the boys came home. Military brass salutes the US Army band and colors as Oxford looks on with pride, 1946. Photograph by J.R. Cofield.

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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