Crystal Drive-In
1238 National Highway,
La Vale,
MD
21502
1238 National Highway,
La Vale,
MD
21502
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- Apr 11, 2011 — Crystal Drive In in La Vale Md
Located in La Vale to the east of Cumberland, MD. The Crystal Drive-In opened on August 9, 1952 with Humphrey Bogart in “The African Queen”. It had a capacity for 350 cars. The Crystal Drive-In closed around 1969.
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1238 National Hwy, La Vale, MD 21502
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is also the address for a Ruby Tuesdays resaurant which occupies a portion of the site in 2011.
The address in the heading was off by approximately 2 miles to the east.
Here is a 1966 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS.
The address provided by Ozoner is correct.
Please update.
Ownership history in below link.
http://www.driveins.org/md-lavale-crystal.htm
That October 5th 1952 print ad does not mention it as a Grand Opening. Particularly with what amounts to a second run film. The history link I posted above is specific that it opened August 9, 1952 with “The African Queen”.
Thanks for the update. Found the matching ad from the day before at
Nice! Thanks!
Opened on 8/8/1952 with a Disney short film(“Beaver Valley”), a sport short reel(“Ski in the sky”), a Tweetie Pie cartoon(“Room and bird”) a Donald Duck cartoon(“All in a nutshell”) and “The African Queen”.
davidocoppock, it opened August 9, 1952. The ad reads “Grand Opening Tomorrow”, which would have been the 9th in a newspaper dated the 8th.