[HOME MOVIES — BROOKS, RICHARD. 01 / GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN; BASEBALL GAME WITH SATCHEL PAIGE PITCHING; TENNIS AND MORE / CA. 1936 – 1948]
This home movie from the Arch Campbell collection captures footage of the 1950 Texas Open Golf Tournament, now known as the Valero Texas Open. The tournament began in 1922 and over the decades has been played at a number of San Antonio area golf courses. The 1950 Texas Open was held February 9-12 and played
This home movie from the 1970s captures Timpson High School students messing around on campus, happily climbing trees and playing games of Twister.
This home movie from 1975 captures scenes of students and community members in the stands at a women’s basketball game at Timpson High School in East Texas. Rather than the game, the film focuses on the lively spectators as they hang out with friends and react to the game.
This home movie captures scenes of the 1955 Texas Relays track meet, likely the high school division, held at Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin. The Texas Relays are an annual track and field competition hosted by the University of Texas. They began in 1925, and are now the second largest track
This home movie captures scenes of professional football player Junior Coffey at the Easterwood farm, followed by images of wheat fields. In his senior year at Dimmitt High School, the year before he began his football career at the University of Washington, Coffey throws around a football with Paul Easterwood in the yard. The first
This home movie captures scenes of a little league soccer game played in by Byran and Carla Click in the late 1970s.
The materials donated by Richard Workman depict the years when he and his brothers, Gerald Jr. and Sam M. (“Mack”), were growing up in Beeville, TX with their parents Gerald M. and Mary McCarty Workman. The films present everyday play scenes, family gatherings, parties, and trips to Mathis, Corpus Christi, and the San Antonio Zoo.
