Historical Planet
Thursday, 2 August 2018
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
By 1932, the airline had upgraded to Sikorsky S-40 planes, which could carry 38 passengers and was marginally faster with a speed of 115 mph
Bill Clinton, Age 22
Barak Obama at the age of 18
As theaters found ways to keep their punters cool and cinemas arrived, performances returned inside during the Great Depression. New York Theatre's Jardin de Paris
An Opened Bookmobile, 1925
Against an empty skyline, a parade of vehicles line up to buy tickets to the evening spectacle
Abraham Lincoln, Late 1930s
A uniformed drive-in theatre attendant hands a clip-on speaker to the driver of convertible while the car's other passengers watch. The picture was taken in New York, in early 1950
A theater known as Cherry Blossom Grove in 1901. It opened in 1895 as the Olympia Theater
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
Vintage Memories of United States
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
20 Majestic Vintage Photos of United States
Vintage photos for those, who love history. In this video, one can see some of historical pictures of United States, especially when Golden Gate bridge was constructed in 1930's.
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