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  • <p>Topographic map showing the Sky Drive-In on top and the Oaklawn Drive-In on the bottom.</p>
  • <p>March 17th, 1951</p>
  • <p>2022 Google Street View with a mailbox in the middle of nowhere.</p>
  • <p>1957 Topographic map with a faint overlay of the current I-35. The theatre on the north was the Sky Drive-In and the Theatre on the South was the Oaklawn Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>March 10th, 1969</p>
  • <p>Courtesy of Nostalgic Drive In Newspaper ads on Facebook</p>
  • <p>July 30th, 1954</p>
  • <p>Bengies Drive-In 3417 Eastern Boulevard, Middle River, MD</p>
            
              <p>Image - Courtesy of Steve Imes</p>
            
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  • <p>Jack Vogel architectural sketch of the concession stand at Bengies Drive-In Theatre in Middle River circa 1957.</p>
  • <p>Valley Drive-In Happy Valley Road and Shaggy Ridge Road, Robinvale, VIC</p>
            
              <p>Photo - Sam Nightingale</p>
            
              <p>Notes - The Valley Drive-In was the brain-child of Mick Nulty a longtime Cinema Pioneer of the area. Famous for being the first recipient of a pigs valve in his heart.</p>
            
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  • <p>Valley Drive-In Happy Valley Road and Shaggy Ridge Road, Robinvale, VIC</p>
            
              <h1>Twilight time</h1>
            
              <p>Photograph courtesy David Kilderry of Drive-Ins Downunder</p>
            
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  • <p>Valley Drive-In Happy Valley Road and Shaggy Ridge Road, Robinvale, VIC</p>
            
              <h1>What’s left?</h1>
            
              <p>Photograph courtesy David Kilderry of Drive-Ins Downunder</p>
            
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  • <p>2003 Google Earth image showing the screen as the last remnant of the drive-in.</p>
  • <p>AUG 16,1976</p>
  • <p>June 1st, 1950</p>
  • <p>August 28th, 1947</p>
  • <p>GOOGLE EARTH VIEW 1995</p>
  • <p>July 15th, 1970</p>
  • <p>1955 topo map © HistoricAerials.com, used by permission.</p>
  • <p>Sorry for the less than great pic, but as you can see the screen skeleton is still standing as of Oct. 2013.</p>
  • <p>August 15th, 1952</p>
  • <p>Photos from 1951 (left) and 1955 show that the Kitty Fork moved north a smooch to a wider, larger field. Both images © HistoricAerials.com, used by permission.</p>
  • <p>From the Oct. 29, 1949 issue of BoxOffice.</p>
  • <p>35mm slide image credit Frank Hemenway.</p>
  • <p>August 19th, 1954 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>July 1977 Grand Opening print ad courtesy Vintage Bend Facebook page.</p>