{"id":126053,"date":"2023-02-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=126053"},"modified":"2023-01-30T22:36:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T04:36:41","slug":"john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-oxford-motor-company-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-oxford-motor-company-1949\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cofield\u2019s Photo of the Week: &#8220;Oxford Motor Company, 1949&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The high school band parades up <strong>Van Buren Avenue<\/strong> past <strong>Oxford Motor Company<\/strong> in this 1949 shot by <strong>J. R. Cofield<\/strong>. \u00a0A generation later and the\u00a0people standing on that sidewalk would have seen the Cofields running Van Buren then headed into that building and into our favorite business in all of <strong>Oxford<\/strong>&#8230; <strong>Purvis&#8217; Recreation Center<\/strong>, the pool hall.\u00a0Still stepping down another generation and today&#8217;s Cofields walking Van Buren are <strong>Library Sports Bar<\/strong> bound. By this time in small town Oxford&#8217;s history, almost all the buildings\u00a0on and around <strong>The Square<\/strong> hold interesting\u00a0memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Purvis&#8217;s sign photograph: <strong>Keith Gore Wiseman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-01-31-JohnCofield-POTW-Purvis.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-01-31-JohnCofield-POTW-Purvis.jpg?resize=640%2C488\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-01-31-JohnCofield-POTW-Purvis.jpg?w=864&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-01-31-JohnCofield-POTW-Purvis.jpg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-01-31-JohnCofield-POTW-Purvis.jpg?resize=768%2C586&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The high school band parades up Van Buren Avenue past Oxford Motor Company in this 1949 shot by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123475,"featured_media":126054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"The high school band parades up Van Buren Avenue past Oxford Motor Company in this 1949 shot by J. 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