Oshkosh Drive-In
17570 US-26,
Oshkosh,
NE
69154
17570 US-26,
Oshkosh,
NE
69154
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A closer address is 17570 US-26, Oshkosh, NE.
This puts it quite close to the property. Which has been drastically changed since the drive-in close.
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July 10, 1953 was the grand opening of the 250-car Oshkosh Drive-In Theatre with a double-feature of Frankie Laine in “Rainbow Round My Shoulder” and George Montgomery in “Jack McCall, Desperado.” Appears to have closed following the 1972 season at the end of a 20-year lease.
Boxoffice, July 24, 1972: “A newcomer to the business, Roland Callies, has taken over operation of the Oshkosh Drive-In, Oshkosh, Neb. Former owners were Howard and Doreen Jensen. The theatre had been closed for about a year.”
Boxoffice, June 8, 1957: “H. & D. Jensen have bought the Oshkosh Drive-In, Oshkosh, Neb., from Perry Petry.”
Motion Picture Herald, Sept. 25, 1954: “August Koeppe has bought the Oskosh (sic) drive-in, Oskosh, Neb., from Merrill Nygren.”
but Boxoffice wrote that day, “August Koeppe bought a two-thirds interest in the Oshkosh Drive-In, Oshkosh, Neb., from Merrill Nygren.”
From the March 17, 1956 Motion Picture Herald: “Louis Petry and Robt. Perry have leased the Mitchell drive-in, Mitchell, Neb., and the Oskosh (sic) drive-in, Oskosh, Neb., from Merle Nygren.”