I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the site but wikimapia indicates that the drive-in at Tibbets Drive was the Bowdoin Drive-in, which makes sense since it’s closer to Bowdoin College than the Brunswick drive-in, which was west of Brunswick. http://wikimapia.org/10512965/former-Bowdoin-drive-in-cinema
According to the site the Brunswick Drive-in was at 43°54'35"N 70°1'59"W on the old Rt. 1 headed towards
Freeport. Looks like it’s just a wooded area now. I’ll have to drive by and check it out, maybe get some photos unless it’s posted No Trespassing.
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=43.9097388&lon=-70.0333035&z=17&l=0&m=b&show=/9971521/
Google Earth has a nice aerial of this site if you use the “time slider” to view the 12/31/2003 imagery. You can see all the parking areas in concentric arcs and what appears to be the remains of the snack booth (and projectionist booth?).
I found a photo of the Cumberland on an old postcard at cardcow.com http://www.cardcow.com/12066/cumberland-theatre-brunswick-maine/ (not promoting the site – just providing a link for reference).
CGGunner could probably verify, but my thinking is that the Cumberland must have been less than a block from Maine St. Most downtown theaters were on or very close to the main drag. Also, half a block up from Maine St. it gets residential.
By the way, the street view image on the overview page is off by a couple blocks – it shows a church on Pleasant St., not Cumberland St.
I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the site but wikimapia indicates that the drive-in at Tibbets Drive was the Bowdoin Drive-in, which makes sense since it’s closer to Bowdoin College than the Brunswick drive-in, which was west of Brunswick. http://wikimapia.org/10512965/former-Bowdoin-drive-in-cinema
According to the site the Brunswick Drive-in was at 43°54'35"N 70°1'59"W on the old Rt. 1 headed towards Freeport. Looks like it’s just a wooded area now. I’ll have to drive by and check it out, maybe get some photos unless it’s posted No Trespassing. http://wikimapia.org/#lat=43.9097388&lon=-70.0333035&z=17&l=0&m=b&show=/9971521/
Google Earth has a nice aerial of this site if you use the “time slider” to view the 12/31/2003 imagery. You can see all the parking areas in concentric arcs and what appears to be the remains of the snack booth (and projectionist booth?).
I found a photo of the Cumberland on an old postcard at cardcow.com http://www.cardcow.com/12066/cumberland-theatre-brunswick-maine/ (not promoting the site – just providing a link for reference).
CGGunner could probably verify, but my thinking is that the Cumberland must have been less than a block from Maine St. Most downtown theaters were on or very close to the main drag. Also, half a block up from Maine St. it gets residential.
By the way, the street view image on the overview page is off by a couple blocks – it shows a church on Pleasant St., not Cumberland St.
I believe the photo linked here is the Garrick in question, above the Cafe Au Go-Go, 1969
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