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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.
209 photographs
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Studio Drive-In, Culver City, California

Selma Drive-In, Selma, Alabama

Skyview Drive-In, Dothan, Alabama

Dixie Drive-In, Route 49, West Helena, Arkansas

Van Nuys Drive-In, Van Nuys, California

Campus Drive-In, San Diego, California

Campus Drive-In, San Diego, California

Campus Drive-In, San Diego, California

Lakewood Drive-In, Carson Street, Lakewood, California

Tri City Drive-In, Redlands Boulevard, Loma Linda, California

Tri City Drive-In, Redlands Boulevard, Loma Linda, California

Duwamish Drive-In, Seattle, Washington

Top-HI Drive-In, Toppenish, Washington

45 Outdoor Drive-In, New London, Wisconsin

Star-Lite Drive-In, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Sunset Drive-In, Amarillo, Texas

Decker Drive-In, Baytown, Texas

Decker Drive-In, Baytown, Texas

Airway Drive-In, Saint Ann, Missouri

Airway Drive-In, Saint Ann, Missouri

Airway Drive-In, Saint Ann, Missouri

Airway Drive-In, Saint Ann, Missouri

Marty's Sky-Vu Drive-In, Jamestown, North Dakota
