Drive-Ins
Artist Of The Century
Audio CD (July 13, 1999)
Number of Discs: 3 [BOX SET]
Careless Love : The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Peter Guralnick's long awaited second installment
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| Elvis Artist Of The Century Audio CD (July 13, 1999) Number of Discs: 3 [BOX SET] |
Careless Love : The Unmaking of Elvis Presley Peter Guralnick's long awaited second installment |
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Drive-In Theaters Increase in Numbers!!The drive-in boom was under way. Going from less than 1,000 in 1948 to close to 5,000 by 1958. The drive-in etched it's place in history, not just in the U.S.A. but in many countries across the world. During the same years of 1948 to 1958 over 5,000 indoor theaters closed reducing their number from 17,000 to 12,000. |
The size of drive-ins dramatically increases.One of the largest Drive-In Theaters was the All-Weather Drive-In , Copiague, New York. parking spaces for 2,500 cars. It also had an indoor 1,200 seat viewing area, that was heated and air-conditioned, a playground, a cafeteria, a restaurant with full dinners. A shuttle train that took customers from their cars to the various areas, on the 28 acres. |
