The Edwin S. Mayer Collection - Ranch Living (1929-31)

Duration: 12:57

Year Published: 192919301931

Sound: silent

Description: This home movie, shot between 1929 and 1931, captures the Edwin Mayer family at home in San Angelo and at the T-Half Circle Ranch near Sonora. Edwin and Minnie Mayer married in 1926. The couple had five children: Edwin Jr., Ralph, Robert, Doris, and Richard. Only Edwin Jr. and Ralph appear in this footage. Edwin operated the T-Half Circle Ranch alongside his father, Solomon. In the film, the two eldest Mayer boys play on the ranch, chasing goats around a pen. Back home in San Angelo, the pair hunt for Easter eggs and run through sprinklers to cool off in the summer heat. The following year, Ralph celebrates his third birthday.