Photos favorited by davidcoppock

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  • <p>Nowadays a childcare centre occupies what was the bio box and kiosk at the Starview Drive in</p>
  • <p>These are the foundations that used to support the screen.</p>
  • <p>July 26th, 1978</p>
  • <p>“Poor Richard” was operator Richard Dupuis who founded the pun/cinema beginning with Annie Hall July 18, 1978 and had a ten-year lease that lapsed. He got six months of renewal and closed February 2, 1989 after an auctioning of the pub/theater’s contents and a final showing of “Tequila Sunrise”.</p>
  • <p>2006 obituary for Richard N. Dupuis, owner of Poor Richard’s Pub and Cinema.</p>
  • <p>This is a vintage theater reel to reel sound recording from Alliance Drive In Theater Recording Service. This was sent to the Charles City Drive In Theater located in Charles City Iowa. It was used before the movie starts and intermissions.</p>
  • <p>This is an ad from 1940.</p>
  • <p>This picture was taken around 1926. Later a red neon sign was added just above the windows at the top.</p>
  • <p>This is a photo colourised and using a computer programme the red neon sign at the top is inserted.</p>
  • <p> This is the Grand being demolished.The cinema closed on the 5th August 1961. For a short time it operated on bingo. The building was demolished around late 1961 or 1962</p>
  • <p>November 22nd, 1924 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>A DeHavilland Tiger Moth graces the lobby of the Prince Edward Theatre</p>
  • <p>That’s drive-In manager H.M. Abbott with Miss Serv-o-ramic 1956 at the concession stand</p>