This IS the Rancho Drive In of San Diego! It was located on the Southeast corner of Euclid Ave. & Federal Blvd. The entrance driveway to Mc.Donalds is the approximate entrance. It headed straight to the back of the screen building on which was the desert mural. The driveway turned a sharp right downhill to the box office.
To the left of the driveway entrance slightly uphill to Federal was a sunken Frostie Stand building upon which a Marque (three sided) stood. You had to lean over to give the girl your order. A Cheveron gas station was built on this spot. It is now a New Orleans type fish drive thru.
The theater property extended all the way from Federal Blvd. south to were Hiwy 94 is know. The eastern boundary was approximately at the Dion truck sales & repair is now.
How do I know this? I worked there when I was a teenager. I was 16 when I started in 1952 and worked to 1954. It was a dream job, I got in free as much as I wanted. But that’s another story.
I saw “The Greatest Show on Earth” there 26 times, each time with a different girl. And it was all free! Are you still in Emerald Hills?
This IS the Rancho Drive In of San Diego! It was located on the Southeast corner of Euclid Ave. & Federal Blvd. The entrance driveway to Mc.Donalds is the approximate entrance. It headed straight to the back of the screen building on which was the desert mural. The driveway turned a sharp right downhill to the box office.
To the left of the driveway entrance slightly uphill to Federal was a sunken Frostie Stand building upon which a Marque (three sided) stood. You had to lean over to give the girl your order. A Cheveron gas station was built on this spot. It is now a New Orleans type fish drive thru.
The theater property extended all the way from Federal Blvd. south to were Hiwy 94 is know. The eastern boundary was approximately at the Dion truck sales & repair is now.
How do I know this? I worked there when I was a teenager. I was 16 when I started in 1952 and worked to 1954. It was a dream job, I got in free as much as I wanted. But that’s another story.