A few years ago the lady running the antiques store told me the projection room was still mostly intact. I did not have time to check it out that day, but maybe in the future.
Excellent photo-forensics Kenmore! I would also add that it appears the street in the foreground has a median whereas Chieftain Way is two lane – and I don’t see any signs that it was ever anything but two lane. So, is this a different Air-Sho in some other city? Intriguing…
From the “More Than You Ever Wanted to Know” Dept.: yes, there was a golf course there. The clubhouse still exists as a residence at the south end of Yeend Ave. (Ref. cityofchickasaw.org). The photo must be ca. 1959 based on the features advertised (Windom’s Way, The Big Beat).
An airfield near here? Never heard this. That must go way back. This area was developed with inexpensive housing for the shipyards in Chickasaw around WW I (1915-1918). May have been a very small grass-strip airfield for a short time.
I believe the man in the checkered coat is Mr. Weldon Limroth. He was the long time manager of another Giddens & Rester theater in Mobile (The Downtown), and probably this one too.
A few years ago the lady running the antiques store told me the projection room was still mostly intact. I did not have time to check it out that day, but maybe in the future.
Cannot read the marque. Was this the old Chickasaw civic theater? Is the building still there?
BTW, Chieftain Way was formerly called 12th Avenue. Don’t know when it was changed.
Excellent photo-forensics Kenmore! I would also add that it appears the street in the foreground has a median whereas Chieftain Way is two lane – and I don’t see any signs that it was ever anything but two lane. So, is this a different Air-Sho in some other city? Intriguing…
From the “More Than You Ever Wanted to Know” Dept.: yes, there was a golf course there. The clubhouse still exists as a residence at the south end of Yeend Ave. (Ref. cityofchickasaw.org). The photo must be ca. 1959 based on the features advertised (Windom’s Way, The Big Beat).
An airfield near here? Never heard this. That must go way back. This area was developed with inexpensive housing for the shipyards in Chickasaw around WW I (1915-1918). May have been a very small grass-strip airfield for a short time.
I believe the man in the checkered coat is Mr. Weldon Limroth. He was the long time manager of another Giddens & Rester theater in Mobile (The Downtown), and probably this one too.