THE ARCHIVE / Themes
Drive In Theaters.
The drive-in joins the scale of a private car to the scale of a public spectacle. Its screen and roadside sign address different audiences, one already inside and another still deciding to enter. Margolies’s photographs let us study that threshold: the entrance, the name and the promise of an evening beyond it. Look across the collection for variations in lettering, approach and landscape, and use the photograph date to locate each image within his travels.
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Roulette Drive-in Theater, Route 6, Roulette, Pennsylvania

North Land Drive-in Theater, Dort Highway, Flint, Michigan

North Land Drive-in Theater, Dort Highway, Flint, Michigan

Skyview Drive-in Theater, Route 28, Brockton, Massachusetts

Sunset Drive-in Theater, Tazewell, Virginia

Sky View Drive-in Theater, Route 62, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Sky View Drive-in Theater, Route 62, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Brewer's Drive-in Theater, Route 19, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma

Shasta Drive-in Theater, Winter Avenue, Klamath Falls, Oregon

Shasta Drive-in Theater, Winter Avenue, Klamath Falls, Oregon

Vista Drive-in Theater, M-45 Highway, Grand Rapids, Michigan

The Gay drive-in Theater, Route 35, Worthington, Minnesota

Drive-in Theater, Route 129, Warner Robins, Georgia

Brewer Drive-in Theater, Route 1A, Brewer, Maine

Kerastes Drive-in Theater, Sinorak Smorg, Bloomington, Illinois

F Road Drive-in Theater, Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, Texas

Don Drive-in Theater, Routes 65, 90 and 287, Port Arthur, Texas

Mission Drive-in Theater, San Juan Capistrano, California

Bronco Drive-in Theater, Route 2, Bemidji, Minnesota

Thunderbird Drive-in Theater, Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, Texas

Mission Drive-in Theater, Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio, Texas

Mission Drive-in Theater, Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio, Texas

Capitol Drive-in Theater, Route 69, Des Moines, Iowa
