Photos favorited by 50sSNIPES

  • <p>Picture courtesy of the family of T.G. (Teddy) Solomon.</p>
  • <p>Picture courtesy of the family of T.G. (Teddy) Solomon.</p>
  • <p>It’s the Yucca Drive-In at grand opening time on Feb. 2, 1954.</p>
  • <p>This photo, the same as the one posted here earlier by dallasmovietheaters but cropped differently, ran in the Jan. 28, 1954 issue of the Alamogordo News. It’s likely to be in the public domain, but I’m not sure. The original caption:</p> <p>Yucca Drive-In Opens Tuesday - This is a view of the background of the big 62 x 44 foot screen at Alamogordo’s new Yucca Drive-In which will have its grand opening Tuesday February 2. Cliff Keim is manager of the new Frontier Theatres, Inc. latest addition to the city’s thriving theatre business.</p>
  • <p>1943</p>
  • <p>1987 photo via Roseville Reflections Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>BUILDING GONE ONCE ONE OF “THE” THEATERS</p>
  • <p>The Daily Republic Newspaper, Dec. 1988 the screen had blew down.</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Old West-style font was pervasive in the 1970s—particularly at amusement parks and shopping centers in the southwestern United States. In addition, United Artists Theatre Circuit here mimicked industry leader at that time General Cinema Corporation’s penchant for minimalist “cinemas” signage (though GCC signs were even more generic then). UATC houses (“theatres”, “cinemas”, and “movies”), starting in 1989, were all re-branded with a single new logo that likewise dated.</p> <p>Photograph from “Chris-Town Retrospective” website (w/courtesy credit on that site: Ron Heberlee) http://www.barbarastew-art.com/christown_theater.html</p>