In Thorndale, Texas in 1937, schoolchildren are captured leaving the schoolhouse and playing baseball and tennis. Scenes of the town square and residents patronizing local businesses are also included. 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.

Milam County Thorndale

boy boys girl girls student students teacher teachers chid children

kid kids teenager teenagers school schoolhouse school yard see-saw see saw tennis

baseball softball game games team teammates acrobatic acrobatics tumble tumbling

shot put shotput dog pet dogs pets coach coaches Steve's Cash Store smoke

smoking cigarettes Coca-Cola storefront storefronts bicycle bicycles newspaper paper route G.S. Summerlin and Son Groceries

R.O. Meissner Emil Heintze Blue Front Liquor Store lumber lumber yard downtown town center Temple Daily Telegram Hiram Walker TFC

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