Drive in theaters

[kshollywood]

Does anyone know how to look up old drive in theaters? I would love to hunt some but I am having problems locating where they used to be.

 

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[BigWaveDave]

There is a website that I have seen w/ info like that...Google it, sure you will be able to find it...

 

[prospect007]

county records should have info.

 

[kshollywood]

Looked through google, can't go to every county. Any one with a new idea?

 

[jeff of pa]

I can give this suggestion : google
[h=1]Mississippi Historical Aerials[/h]
Look for Aerials from the 50's

Watch for properties that look like "Bee Hives"

 

[DeepseekerADS]

There is a database out there. It's been a couple of years, but I input a few theaters into the database of long gone drive-ins. I thought I'd saved the link, but can't find it. Now that it is on my mind, I'll see if my brain can find it again - slow brain, may take a while.

There's also one for swimming holes - that one I did save the link:

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[DeepseekerADS]

Not the original one I had in mind, but here's one. Gives names & towns, but short quite a few. No real geographical date - but it is a start:

  Drive-In List

 

[texasred777]

I can't tell you about many. There was one still in operation in Gatesville, Texas when I moved in 2007. I've been to one just west of Hillsboro, Texas that closed in the (I believe) late 1960s. It was a rental storage site in 2010. I believe there were about 4 or 5 in Waco, and a bunch in Fort Worth. If it would help, I may be able to find the addresses of the sites.