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Title: Compton drive-in theater
Creator: Leonelli, Elisa
Date Created and/or Issued: 1978
Publication Information: Claremont Colleges Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Elisa Leonelli, Photojournalist
Rights Information: Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. For permission, email leonelli@earthlink.net
Photo © Elisa Leonelli, 1978
Description: Compton Drive-In. 2111 E. Rosecrans Avenue, Compton, CA 90221. The Compton Drive-In was one of the few lucky Pacific drive-ins that had a mural of Viking Ships on its screen tower, and a car capacity of 1,196. It was opened by Ted Mann in 1949, and has since been closed and razed. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3821
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: elp01931.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll13/id/2072
Language: English
Subject: Drive-in theaters
Mural paintings (visual works)
Place: California
Compton (Calif.)
Source: Color photograph: Drive-in theaters, Elisa Leonelli photo archives
Relation: Drive-in theaters
Elisa Leonelli, Photojournalist - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll13

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