{"id":146262,"date":"2025-01-09T10:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T16:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=146262"},"modified":"2025-01-09T15:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:04:46","slug":"john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-eph-and-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-eph-and-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cofield\u2019s Photo of the Week: \u201cEph and Ed\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>They rode up into <em>Intruder In The Dust<\/em> as the Gowrie Twins. As kids in <strong>Oxford<\/strong>, we watched the movie in school, and I smiled when the brothers stepped over the fence in rhythm. After the movie, they stepped into local lore with their given names, <strong>Ephraim <\/strong>and <strong>Edmund Lowe<\/strong>, \u201cEph and Ed.\u201d When contacted by Hollywood about the pair possibly pursuing motion picture careers, Ed was said to have remarked, \u201cWhy would I want to leave this peaceful farm and go live out there in that rat race?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe movie was the only time I have ever seen the Lowe twins dressed differently.\u201d \u2014 <strong>Mary Lou Bonds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photographs by <strong>Milly West<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-1-1024x713.jpg?resize=640%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C713&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-1.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-1.jpg?resize=768%2C535&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1069&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-1.jpg?resize=825%2C575&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-1.jpg?resize=590%2C410&amp;ssl=1 590w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-1.jpg?w=1692&amp;ssl=1 1692w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-1.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eph and Ed Lowe, photo (c) Milly West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-02.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-02.jpg?resize=640%2C439\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C703&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-02.jpg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-02.jpg?resize=768%2C527&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-02.jpg?resize=1536%2C1054&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-02.jpg?w=1681&amp;ssl=1 1681w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-09-Eph-Ed-Lowe-MillyWest-02.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eph and Ed Lowe, photo (c) Milly West<\/figcaption><\/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\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They rode up into Intruder In The Dust as the Gowrie Twins. 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