Thursday, 2 August 2018

James Garfield, Age 16


In the late 60s as colour television became the ultimate status symbol for aspirational consumers and movie theatres offered an appealing alternative to drive-ins


Herbert Hoover, Age 25


Harry Truman, Age 22 And 33


Gerald Ford, Age 18 And 20


George W. Bush, Age 21


George W. Bush, Age 19


George H. W. Bush, Age 18


From its inception in 1927, Pan American Airways single-handedly revolutionized air travel and pioneered a new era of commercial flight. Pictured, one of its Boeing 377s photographed in 1949


Franklin Roosevelt, Age 18


Dwight Eisenhower, Age 25 and 29


During their 50s heyday there were over 4,600 drive-in movie theatres across the States.


Drive-in movie theatres first sprung up in the 30s. Here motorists during this decade watch films from the back seat of their vehicles at a drive-in in Los Angeles


Drive-in movie theatres date back to 1933 when Richard Hollingshead Jr first opened a screen in Camden, New Jersey


Calvin Coolidge, Between 19 And 23 Years