I’m so amazed by your help.Thank you so much!
Reading comments from both of you and books about drive-in movie theaters, I think services which staff members did at ozoners were different depend on times and regions.
And Ron,I was surprised at the women you mentioned about — airplane pilot’s licenses and a motor scooter??? Wow! They might not be able to represent women in 1950s, but I could confirmed that there “existed female drivers.” Also,thanks for your recall of the black families. It helped me to think not only race but also the role of a drive-in as a place for public amusement.
Both of your comments are so precious, since they can’t be obtained from “official” sources, such as journals, newspapers, etc. I’m so lucky that I met people like you (although we met on online).
Thanks, Ron and TheatreOrgan! But weren’t there ushers who directed traffic at drive-in theaters? And I heard that there were staff members who patrolled parking lots til midnight to supervise “young bloods looking for a place to make two-bit love.” And I think I read from a book that said flat tires were fixed, a car was washwed, car windshields were cleaned at ozoners. Then should I call those people who did the services “staff”? Were they different from ushers? (Gosh, I’m so confused!)
And Ron, I have a question for you. If it’s true that young widows with kids were in drive-ins, do you mean they drove by themselves? I thought there were much more male drivers than female counterparts in 1930s and even in 1950s. Is it just my prejudice? Actually, I couldn’t find official sources that compared the number of women and men drivers from 1930s to 1950s, so I’m not sure. If you can recall whether there were more men drivers than women or not, please tell me.
Thanks again for comments and sharing your memories!
I’m so amazed by your help.Thank you so much!
Reading comments from both of you and books about drive-in movie theaters, I think services which staff members did at ozoners were different depend on times and regions.
And Ron,I was surprised at the women you mentioned about — airplane pilot’s licenses and a motor scooter??? Wow! They might not be able to represent women in 1950s, but I could confirmed that there “existed female drivers.” Also,thanks for your recall of the black families. It helped me to think not only race but also the role of a drive-in as a place for public amusement.
Both of your comments are so precious, since they can’t be obtained from “official” sources, such as journals, newspapers, etc. I’m so lucky that I met people like you (although we met on online).
Thanks, Ron and TheatreOrgan! But weren’t there ushers who directed traffic at drive-in theaters? And I heard that there were staff members who patrolled parking lots til midnight to supervise “young bloods looking for a place to make two-bit love.” And I think I read from a book that said flat tires were fixed, a car was washwed, car windshields were cleaned at ozoners. Then should I call those people who did the services “staff”? Were they different from ushers? (Gosh, I’m so confused!)
And Ron, I have a question for you. If it’s true that young widows with kids were in drive-ins, do you mean they drove by themselves? I thought there were much more male drivers than female counterparts in 1930s and even in 1950s. Is it just my prejudice? Actually, I couldn’t find official sources that compared the number of women and men drivers from 1930s to 1950s, so I’m not sure. If you can recall whether there were more men drivers than women or not, please tell me.
Thanks again for comments and sharing your memories!
Thank you so much. And thanks for your correction! I didn’t know that a “single mom” is a contempo word.:)