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ElCartero commented about Crown Drive-In on Jul 19, 2009 at 7:30 pm

Location above is in error. It was actually on old US 13 (now Front Street). Here’s an aerial photo showing the remains of it from the late ‘60s (all traces are gone today):
http://www.driveins.org/va-accomac-crown.htm

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ElCartero commented about Colonial Drive-In on Jul 19, 2009 at 7:26 pm

This page has some nice photos of the drive-in, including the marquee:
http://www.driveins.org/md-annapolis-colonial.htm

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ElCartero commented about Warner's Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 10:48 pm

This page has a bunch of nice photos of it:
http://www.driveins.org/wv-franklin-warners.htm

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ElCartero commented about Sunset Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 10:47 pm

The Sunset marquee hung around for a few years after the drive-in closed. This page has a photo of it:
http://www.driveins.org/wv-martinsburg-sunset.htm

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ElCartero commented about Moorefield Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 10:42 pm

The snack bar had a neat little food mural painted on the outside. See it here:
http://www.driveins.org/wv-moorefield.htm

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ElCartero commented about Fort Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 10:34 pm

It was expanded to around 200-300 cars not too long after opening, so the stockade walling around it had to go. Not much was left it by the end of the ‘90s, just the marquee (minus Fort Drive-In signage). This page has a photo of it:
http://www.driveins.org/wv-harpersferry-fort.htm

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ElCartero commented about Baker's Air Park Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 10:24 pm

It had a snack bar off the back row that doubled as a roadside takeout stand. It’s still standing (albeit closed). This page has a photo:
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ElCartero commented about Timonium Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 9:59 pm

This page has a couple of photos:
http://www.driveins.org/md-timonium.htm

Yes, it was a massive drive-in — the back row was a full ¼-mile away from the screen.

ElCartero
ElCartero commented about Super Chief Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 9:55 pm

You mean the original 1953 marquee? This page has one, plus more photos of other parts of the drive-in:
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ElCartero commented about Ranch Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 9:34 pm

Some nice photos (taken after it closed down) are here:
http://www.driveins.org/md-clinton-ranch.htm

Oh, a couple of vintage ads are there, too.

The Ranch was renowned for the themed dusk-to-dawn shows that played there, especially the Halloween Horror-Thons. There’s an article written about them on that page that’s a lot of fun to read.

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ElCartero commented about Hillside Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 1:16 pm

You have to see this page. Contains some great old photos, plus there’s a short documentary film about the Hillside and a first-person account from a guy whose dad used to manage the snackbar and thus spent much of his childhood there.
http://www.driveins.org/md-coralhills-hillside.htm

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ElCartero commented about Elkridge Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 11:45 am

That link is dead, but if it’s the photo I’m thinking it was, this page has it:
http://www.driveins.org/md-elkridge.htm

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ElCartero commented about Central Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 11:42 am

This page has a marquee photo and a dusk-to-dawn show ad. Both are from the post-porno period of the late ‘80s.
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ElCartero commented about ABC Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 10:04 am

This page has a whole bunch more photos:
http://www.driveins.org/md-oxonhill-abc.htm

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ElCartero commented about Waldorf 301 Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 9:59 am

You know where Babies ‘R’ Us and Marshalls are, at the north end of Festival at Waldorf? That’s where the drive-in was.
Here’s a page with a couple of shots of the old marquee:
http://www.driveins.org/md-waldorf-301.htm

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ElCartero commented about 213 Drive-In on Jun 18, 2009 at 8:50 am

Sorry to say, about every trace of it is gone now. You can see photos taken of it before it was torn down here:
http://www.driveins.org/md-churchhill-213.htm

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ElCartero commented about Windsor Drive-In on Jun 17, 2009 at 11:31 pm

Note: if you read anywhere about a 1990s-era Windsor Drive-in in that town, disregard it. That was a restaurant, not a theatre.

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ElCartero commented about Star Drive-In on Jun 17, 2009 at 11:04 pm

This page has a photo of the old snack bar:
http://www.driveins.org/va-galax-star.htm

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ElCartero commented about Shore Drive-In on Jun 17, 2009 at 7:48 pm

It had an interesting history. Ernie Price, owner of the chain, had had troubles with the law for showing X-rated movies there, but in 1982 became a born-again Christian; he closed all his drive-ins except this one, which he turned into a Christian/family drive-in called the Cross Roads. It wasn’t successful.

This page has some cool B&W photos of the Shore from the mid-‘50s:
http://www.driveins.org/va-virginiabeach-shore.htm

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ElCartero commented about Seven Pines Drive-In on Jun 17, 2009 at 7:36 pm

This page has a much deeper history, plus both old and more recent photos:
http://www.driveins.org/va-cismont-sevenpines.htm

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ElCartero commented about Pulaski Drive-In on Jun 17, 2009 at 6:59 pm

This page has about a half-dozen photos of the Pulaski (marquee, ticket booth, screen tower etc.) from 1960 or thereabouts:
http://www.driveins.org/va-dublin-pulaski.htm

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ElCartero commented about Plaza Drive-In on Jun 17, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Screen and marquee photos on this page:
http://www.driveins.org/va-richmond-plaza.htm

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ElCartero commented about Mt. Vernon Drive-In on Jun 17, 2009 at 2:56 pm

Hmm.. link’s dead. It’s on this page, though:
http://www.driveins.org/va-alexandria-mtvernon.htm

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ElCartero commented about Mt. Joy Drive-In on Jun 17, 2009 at 2:51 pm

It’s a trailer park now. As of 2001 the snack bar/projection building was still standing among the mobile homes. This page has photos of it:
http://www.driveins.org/va-buchanan-mtjoy.htm

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ElCartero commented about Lee Highway Drive-In on Jun 17, 2009 at 2:46 pm

This page has some cool Lee Highway stuff, including a great ‘50s-vintage photo of the marquee:
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