Michigan's Drive-In Theaters
Author | : Harry Skrdla |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2014-07-07 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1439646074 |
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Few American phenomena are more evocative of time, place, and culture than the drive-in theater. From its origins in the Great Depression, through its peak in the 1950s and 1960s and ultimately its slow demise in the 1980s, the drive-in holds a unique place in the countrys collective past. Michigans drive-ins were a reflection of this time and place, ranging from tiny rural 200-car ozoners to sprawling 2,500-car behemoths that were masterpieces of showmanship, boasting not only movies and food, but playgrounds, pony rides, merry-go-rounds, and even roving window washers.