This film from 1941 documents life in Jourdanton, Texas. Students play volleyball and baseball, teenage boys receive their letterman sweaters, and girls receive various trophies at a school assembly. The men and women of Jourdanton can be seen around downtown in front of the shops, working and running errands. 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.

Atascosa County Jourdanton

Jourdanton Atascosa County Texas boy boys student students girl girls child

children kid kids baseball bicycle bike teacher teachers Mexican-American Mexican-Americans

presentation lettermen letter sweater sweaters principal letterman assembly auditorium teenager teenagers

trophy trophies volleyball game team teammate teammates gym gymnasium sports

recreation service station gas station Lew's Service Station drugstore drug store downtown Coca-Cola Coca Cola tailor

shop shops storefront storefronts TFC itinerant itinerant film itinerant films bicycles bikes

bicycling biking