Atomic Drive-In

28580 Old Highway 18,
Edgemont, SD 57735

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Atomic Drive-In

The Atomic Drive-In was opened in August 1955 with a capacity for 225 cars. It was still open in July 1979.

Contributed by Ken McIntyre

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jwmovies
jwmovies on September 4, 2012 at 8:55 am

This drive-in was located was located just SE of hwy 18, on County Highway 185 (near A St.) NOT County Highway 9.

Kenmore
Kenmore on May 25, 2016 at 7:04 pm

A closer address (at least for Google) is Old Highway 18 and County Highway 185, Edgemont, SD. The drive-in was located just to the east and appears to be a auto salvage yard today. http://tinyurl.com/htcea2f

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 22, 2019 at 3:09 pm

From the Sept. 3, 1955 Motion Picture Herald:

Clarence Calland, owner of the Isis, Edgemont, S. D., has opened his new Atomic drive-in there, with 300-car capacity.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on February 9, 2020 at 7:12 pm

Boxoffice, Feb. 27, 1966: “Clarence Calland’s Atomic Drive-In, Edgemont, S.D., was damaged badly due to high winds”

Boxoffice, July 16, 1979: “Clarence Calland has sold the Atomic Drive-In Theatre in Edgemont, S.D., to Tony Fries, who is a resident of the nearby town of Custer, S.D.”

Kenmore
Kenmore on June 1, 2024 at 5:12 pm

A closer address is 28580 Old Hwy 18, Edgemont, SD.

Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right in the middle of the property.

Today, it is an auto salvage yard that has greatly expanded on the original outline of the drive-in. To the point where all traces of the drive-in are no longer visible. Apart perhaps from the entrance/exit road.

https://tinyurl.com/2tvbk87e

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