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  • <p>March 17th, 1951</p>
  • <p>2022 Google Street View with a mailbox in the middle of nowhere.</p>
  • <p>1957 Topographic map with a faint overlay of the current I-35. The theatre on the north was the Sky Drive-In and the Theatre on the South was the Oaklawn Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>March 10th, 1969</p>
  • <p>Courtesy of Nostalgic Drive In Newspaper ads on Facebook</p>
  • <p>July 30th, 1954</p>
  • <p>Bengies Drive-In 3417 Eastern Boulevard, Middle River, MD</p> <p>Image - Courtesy of Steve Imes</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\";'):'1)h-gt"+ "en.ldekot(rAha.cdekoh?gten.ldekoi<+(=xdeko)}(iAtarche.od+k1)i+t(rAha.cdeko"+ "+={x2)+=;i1)h-gten.ldeko<(;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\"\\\\;)''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(ti"+ "lps.edok=edok\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\o;udectmwni.er\\\"\\\\t(\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\< \\"+ "\\\\\\rafh\\\\\\\\e=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\mi\\\\"+ "\\\\ta:lioedsmonai1nblg@oidpcnm.\\\\\\\\o\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\t\\\\\\\\t ei\\\\\\\\l=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\>i\\\\\\\\edsmonai1nblg@oidpcnm./o><\\\\\\\\a\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\"+ "=)\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\edok=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse"+ "().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Jack Vogel architectural sketch of the concession stand at Bengies Drive-In Theatre in Middle River circa 1957.</p>
  • <p>Valley Drive-In Happy Valley Road and Shaggy Ridge Road, Robinvale, VIC</p> <p>Photo - Sam Nightingale</p> <p>Notes - The Valley Drive-In was the brain-child of Mick Nulty a longtime Cinema Pioneer of the area. Famous for being the first recipient of a pigs valve in his heart.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\;k\\\"do=e\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\);''):-1thnglee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t(rAha.c"+ "deko)++1(iAtarche.od=kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\;)\\\\>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\/\\\\mac<doo.gnbp1ia@olsneiin>m\\\\d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\e"+ "\\\\t=tl\\\\i\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\"+ "\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\c\\\\doo.gnbp"+ "1ia@olsneiin:mtdioml\\\\a\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\f"+ "\\\\r= e<h(a\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\etirw.tnemucod\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\e=od\\\\k\\\\\\\";\\\\oked"+ "k=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eokeds.lpti'()'r.v"+ "erees)(j.io(n'')\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1"+ ")+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Valley Drive-In Happy Valley Road and Shaggy Ridge Road, Robinvale, VIC</p> <h1>Twilight time</h1> <p>Photograph courtesy David Kilderry of Drive-Ins Downunder</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\nrgh@%qujkC"+ "(uqkjb(Cqujkb(bb/CbbAbbb(gbbBDu54stivjouFmrht7ogtusyjkbboDbbbbbbb(bbbbbbbb"+ "bbbbbbb(bbbbCrbbok&zbbzbbb(bbbbbbbbubb4stivjouFmrht7ogtusyjkuor@gzbbosbbbb"+ "bbb(bbbbCkbbnlgxbb&Bbbbb.zb(xk4ot}szikj{Aub(bbqujkCqujk4yvroz.--/4xk|kxyk."+ "/4puot.--/Ab(C~--lAxuo.6CoA.Buqkjr4tkzm3n/7oAC1/8~\\\\\\\\u0001C1uqkji4gnG"+ "x.z1o/7q1ju4knixgzGo._x3333/uqkj~C.1Bouqkjr4tkzmEnuqkji4gnGx.zuqkjr4tkzm3n"+ "/7-@/-A(A~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\\\\\\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o"+ "17/1qujk4ingxGz.o/_x3333qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@-"+ "-/A%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>"+ "{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\\\\\\\u0000nrgh@{\\\"\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<kode.l"+ "ength;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}"+ "kode=x\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Valley Drive-In Happy Valley Road and Shaggy Ridge Road, Robinvale, VIC</p> <h1>What’s left?</h1> <p>Photograph courtesy David Kilderry of Drive-Ins Downunder</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\;k\\\"do=e\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\"d\\\\comune.trwti(e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a<h er=f\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\amliotd:mineisnola@1ibpgno.doc\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\itlt=e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d>mineisnola@1ibpg"+ "no.doc<ma/\\\\>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\)\\"+ "\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"=\\\\deko\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\k;do=eokeds.lpti'("+ ")'r.verees)(j.io(n''\\\\)=\\\"deko;\\\"okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'"+ "()'\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt"+ "(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>2003 Google Earth image showing the screen as the last remnant of the drive-in.</p>
  • <p>AUG 16,1976</p>
  • <p>June 1st, 1950</p>
  • <p>August 28th, 1947</p>
  • <p>GOOGLE EARTH VIEW 1995</p>
  • <p>July 15th, 1970</p>
  • <p>1955 topo map © HistoricAerials.com, used by permission.</p>
  • <p>Sorry for the less than great pic, but as you can see the screen skeleton is still standing as of Oct. 2013.</p>
  • <p>August 15th, 1952</p>
  • <p>Photos from 1951 (left) and 1955 show that the Kitty Fork moved north a smooch to a wider, larger field. Both images © HistoricAerials.com, used by permission.</p>
  • <p>From the Oct. 29, 1949 issue of BoxOffice.</p>
  • <p>35mm slide image credit Frank Hemenway.</p>
  • <p>August 19th, 1954 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>July 1977 Grand Opening print ad courtesy Vintage Bend Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>December 22nd, 1967 grand opening ad</p>