Michigan's Drive-In Theaters
By Harry Skrdla
2014
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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 country's collective past. Michigan's 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.
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Harry Skrdla
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Harry Skrdla is an engineer and a historic preservation consultant based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He belongs to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Society for Industrial Archeology, and the Theater Historical Society, and has contributed to the preservation and restoration of a number of noteworthy structures, including the ornate 1920s movie palace the Fox Theater in Detroit, one of the last of its kind in America.
