In Pettus, Texas in 1938 scenes of the school and its students are documented. Children are filmed in the classroom studying and singing, then in the school yard where they play softball, do pull-ups, do the long jump, and play other games. This film is part of a larger collection of itinerant films made by Arthur J. Higgins. Higgins was an itinerant filmmaker in the 1930s and 40s who visited towns across the country with his wife, spending several days recording posed scenes of daily life there that focused primarily on the residents, for whom the film was typically shown at a local theater.

Bee County Pettus

Pettus Bee County Texas boy girl boys girls student students child

children kid kids teacher teachers pull-ups windmill long jump track and field track & field

baseball softball bases running run dog pet classroom academic academics

typewriter typewriters game team teammate see saw see-saw choir sing singing

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