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Title
Harbor Boulevard Drive-In, Santa Ana, looking northeast
Alternative Title
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator
Kelly, Howard D
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1964
Publication Information
Kelly-Holiday
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
The Harbor Blvd. Drive-In Theater opened on June 29, 1960 as Pacific Theater's 41st location and Orange County's sixth drive-in. Among its amenities were a 90 x 120 ft. screen and a 1500 car capacity, but despite its mammoth size, no more screens were ever added. Spanish-language films were shown in later years, but after July 1984 no films showed up in theater listings, only the swap meet which was to carry on until December 1986. Demolition began in February 1987 and a Wal-Mart store was built on the site.
Aerial view of Harbor Boulevard Drive-In Theater, located at 3700 McFadden Ave. in Santa Ana; view is looking northeast. Harbor Blvd. is middle left to bottom right; Santa Ana River flows from middle right to top left corner; McFadden Ave. is diagonally, middle left to mid-photo; Bewley St., Gunther St., Jackson St., and Laurel St. are diagonally at right. Photograph dated May 1964.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;11 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00103973
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 609-26
CARL0005186077
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/5794
Subject
Harbor Boulevard Drive-In (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Drive-in theaters--California--Santa Ana
Dwellings--California--Santa Ana
Streets--California--Santa Ana
Lost architecture--California--Santa Ana
Rivers--California, Southern
Santa Ana (Calif.)--Aerial views
Santa Ana River (Calif.)
Santa Ana (Calif.)
Aerial photographs

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