Skyvue Drive-In
1917 N. 1st Street,
Haskell,
TX
79521
1917 N. 1st Street,
Haskell,
TX
79521
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The Haskell Free Press announced the opening of the newest and most modern Drive-in Theatres in this section, “The Sky-Vue”. located one mile west of Haskell on the Rule Highway. The Drive-in was built by the Childress Theatre Interests. There was space for 350 cars with a 42x49 foot screen. Opening night was April 21, 1950, with the movie “Story of Seabiscuit”. The Sky-Vue Theatre closed in the summer of 1956. The manager reminded everyone not to become addicted to their TV set, but to go out and see a movie once a week.
As you can see by the aerial photo above, the drive-in was north of the Y intersection where US 380 bends northwest but County Road 426 continues due west.
It’s there.
The 1965 aerial shows a clearer outline. Go to NETRonline and type in the address or put in Haskell, TX and you can see it better.
I don’t see what you see at that location. I see a lot of wavy lines that look a lot like drive-in theater ramps but they’re all over the place must be some type of crop or its wind blown sand or dirt. Makes it hard to locate a drive-in theater.
I believe I found it.
The address is 1917 North 1st Street, Haskell, TX.
A 1965 aerial shows a faint outline of a drive-in, so if this was it, the drive-in was totally demolished by that time.
Today, you can still barely see a faint outline of the drive-in.
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