{"id":60,"date":"2020-08-13T00:40:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T04:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/?p=60"},"modified":"2020-08-13T00:40:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T04:40:49","slug":"ernest-coffin-oxford-illustrated-guide-may-be-obtained-from-official-information-bureau-room-s-16-cornmarket-oxford-ca-1938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/ernest-coffin-oxford-illustrated-guide-may-be-obtained-from-official-information-bureau-room-s-16-cornmarket-oxford-ca-1938\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Coffin, Oxford Illustrated Guide may be obtained from Official Information Bureau, Room S, 16 Cornmarket, Oxford, ca. 1938"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Built in 1546, Christ Church Cathedral serves the University of Oxford and the Church of England. The Tom Tower (1681-1682) depicted here stands in Oxford\u2019s largest quad. England declared war against Germany in 1939 after the invasion of Poland. Britain avoided German occupation with a victory in the Battle of Britain (June-July, 1940). Oxford was one of England\u2019s major cities to remain unscathed. Britain remained a constant force against the Germans, fighting on behalf of many European nations throughout WWII. A set of war memorials listing staff and students killed in World War I and II was later placed at the cathedral\u2019s main entrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/files\/2020\/08\/Oxford-630x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/files\/2020\/08\/Oxford-630x1024.jpg 630w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/files\/2020\/08\/Oxford-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/files\/2020\/08\/Oxford-768x1248.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><figcaption>Ernest Coffin (British, ca. 1868-1944) <em>Oxford<\/em>, ca. 1938 Lithograph on paper Gift of Elma Pratt <br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Built in 1546, Christ Church Cathedral serves the University of Oxford and the Church of England. The Tom Tower (1681-1682) depicted here stands in Oxford\u2019s <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/ernest-coffin-oxford-illustrated-guide-may-be-obtained-from-official-information-bureau-room-s-16-cornmarket-oxford-ca-1938\/\" title=\"Ernest Coffin, Oxford Illustrated Guide may be obtained from Official Information Bureau, Room S, 16 Cornmarket, Oxford, ca. 1938\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2347,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,7],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-england","tag-wwi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2347"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/travelposters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}