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  • <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>
  • <p>December 22nd, 1967 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>June 25th, 1976 grand opening ad as a twin</p>
  • <p>1965 end of season ad</p>
  • <p>Printed in 1953, this ad probably fell into the public domain, but I can’t guarantee it.</p>
  • <p>April 10, 1957</p>
  • <p>April 17, 1950</p>
  • <p>June 29, 1954</p>
  • <p>Mocardy Drive-in Commercial Road, Hills WA - 1959 Later to become the Wongan Hills Drive-in.</p> <p>Photo courtesy of the Basham family</p> <p>The Mocardy Drive-in Wongan Hills was officially opened in January 1959 trading as Rural Districts Pictures, with a capacity of 150 cars and a screening policy of five nights. This consisted of three program changes a week. A special area was set aside in the style of a traditional picture garden for 40 deck chairs.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\oked\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;k\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\do=e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\=xdeko)}(cdeCoarChomfrg.intr=Sx+8;12+=)c<0(cif3;)-(iAtdeCoarche.od=k{c"+ "+)i+h;gten.ldekoi<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\,>A%2dp?frg1rqjsel4CdorqvlhqlpAg_%_%h@wowl%#p_frg1rqjsel4Cdorq"+ "vlhqlp=gwrlopd_%i@uh#k?d+%whul1zqwphfxgr\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\e=od\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\k\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\;"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\e=od\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\kk;do=eokeds.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n'')\\"+ "\"\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charA"+ "t(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');\\\"=edok\";kode"+ "=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Building the Mocardy Drive-in Commercial Road, Wongan Hills WA - 1959 Later to become the Wongan Hills Drive-in.- Building the screen.</p> <p>Photo - Constructing the screen - courtesy of the Basham family.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\'=()i'jn)oe.r(vsre)e'.t'l(siepo.=ddkke\\\\o;\\"+ "\\\\\\dc\\\"monu.erttw(i\\\\e\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\h<e =r\\\\f\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo@"+ "ai1pbng.ood\\\\cm\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\ "+ "i\\\\lt=t\\\\e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d\\\\m>niiensl"+ "o@ai1pbng.ood<cam\\\\/>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\)\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\=d\\\"ke;"+ "o\\\"\\\\kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('');\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i;(<okedl."+ "netg-h)1i;=+)2x{=+okedc.ahAr(t+i)1k+do.ehcratAi(})okedx=(+<iokedl.netg?hok"+ "edc.ahAr(tokedl.netg-h)1':)';\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=ko"+ "de.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.lengt"+ "h-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Building the Mocardy Drive-in Commercial Road, Wongan Hills WA - 1959 Later to become the Wongan Hills Drive-in.</p> <p>Photo courtesy of the Basham family.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%{@hgrn\\u0000,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDh"+ "grFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%/--.toup4/.kyxk|kx4/--.zo"+ "rvy4kjuqCkjuqA(qujkC(buqkjbb(bCC~jkqu/3333x__.ijkIugxInuslxm4otzxCY~1>A781"+ "C/iB6.iol9A/3.oGzjkIugxink4ujCq\\u0001i1/o1nAmzkt4rjkquoB6AoCx.lu-AC-A~bb("+ "bbbbb0210rwsx27n1{|\\u007Fn{n2700}1ur|yn7xmFtmntx+Dxm~lnv}w\\u00007r{n}+1E"+ "e)j{qoneF+everj}uCxrmnv|wxrjw:ukIprxymwl7vxeee+})}rnueF+eee+eGermnv|wxrjw:"+ "ukIprxymwl7vx8EGje+D2F+mntxbb(bbbbbkCujbb(bqqAjuCkuqkjy4rvzo-./-x4|kxkky/."+ "p4ou.t--/(bA~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/"+ "1qujk4ingxGz.o/3333x__qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/"+ "A(Ckjuq_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\";x='';for(i=0;i<ko"+ "de.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode"+ "(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Mocardy Drive-in Commercial Road, Wongan Hills WA - 1959 Later to become the Wongan Hills Drive-in</p> <p>Photo - Courtesy of the Basham family - Shows the original projector set-up at the Mocardy Drive-in - 1959</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@*,+*lqmr,1h+uvyhuh,1**w+olvsh1rg@nghnr_>n%gr@h%___nr"+ "gh____%___n@gr_h_____%________u_{@kjzi}sotk4(xgzn.kB____&_xCl(bgsrouzj@sot"+ "koyturgF7ohvmtu4juibs&(ozrzCk(b(bjDsotkoyturgF7ohvmtu4juiBsg5(DA/>____%___"+ "________@{**i>url+3@l>n?gr1hhojqkwl>..~,@frnhgf1dkFugrDh+w,l60l>+i?f,3.f4@"+ ";5{>@.wVlujqi1ruFpdkFugr+h,fu\\\\0000rnhg_@_____%{_>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1o"+ "hqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l,\\\\n0u00g0@r.hl{n+g?1rhh"+ "jokqnwgB1rkhufwdnDg+1rhhjokq4w=0*,>*_,_%>_@{**i>url+3@l>+?rnhgo1qhwj0k,4l>"+ "@.,5{~@.rnhgf1dkDu+w.l,4n.gr1hkfudwDl+\\\\,0u00n0gr@h.{l+n?gr1hhojqkwnBgr1"+ "hkfudwDn+gr1hhojqkw40=,**>,%_h@rg%nn>gr@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+q**"+ "\\\",x;'=;'of(r=i;0<iokedl.netg;h+i)+c{k=do.ehcraoCedtAi(-);3fic(0<c)=+21;"+ "8+xS=rtni.grfmohCraoCedc(})okedx=\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x"+ "+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.l"+ "ength-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>The Mocardy Drive-in Wongan Hills WA - Later to become The Wongan Hills Drive-In Wongan Hills</p> <p>Photo - Courtesy of the Basham Family</p> <p>The Mocardy Drive-in Wongan Hills was officially opened in January 1959 trading as Rural Districts Pictures, with a capacity of 150 cars and a screening policy of five nights. This consisted of three program changes a week. A special area was set aside in the style of a traditional picture garden for 40 deck chairs.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\)=';)'-:t1nhlgeeo.(dAkatcreho.?dtknhlgeeo.<d(k"+ "xie+o=}dikt)r(hA.adcke)o++(1Aiatcreho.=dxk)+={i2)+-;t1nhlgeeo.(dik0<i;r=f("+ "'o=;;'\\\\x\\\\\\\";\\\\\\\\)>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\/m\\\\cad<oog.bn1pai"+ "o@slenii>n\\\\md\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\et\\\\t=\\\\"+ "li\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\cd\\\\oog.bn1p"+ "aio@slenii:ntmidmo\\\\la\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\fr\\\\ =<e(h\\\\a\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\e\\\\itwrt.enumoc\\\\d\\\\"+ "\\\"e\\\\o=\\\\dk\\\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join(''\\\")x;'=;'of(r"+ "=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<"+ "do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1"+ ");i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.char"+ "At(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Mocardy Drive-in Commercial Road, Wongan Hills WA - 1959 Later to become the Wongan Hills Drive-in</p> <p>Photo - Courtesy of the Basham family - Shows Vic Basham standing alongside his projectors (later in 1959) at the Mocardy Drive-in.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\;k\\\"do=e\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\document.write\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\a(h<e =r\\\\f\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo@"+ "ai1pbng.ood\\\\c\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\""+ "i\\\\lt=t\\\\e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d\\\\m>niiensl"+ "o@ai1pbng.ood<cam\\\\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">\\\\);\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\x;'=;"+ "'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+"+ "xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eoked"+ "s.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n'')\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=ko"+ "de.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.lengt"+ "h-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>