Description: @ 8 1/4" wide by 10 1/4" tall two-sided advertising / promo window poster / flyer / leaflet from the January 1950 Route 4 Drive-In movie Theatre in Thayer Illinois (Old Route 66) AND the Gaiety Drive-In Theatre in Virden, Illinois advertising a couple dozen different movies including Laurel & hardy in "March of the Wooden Soldiers", Abbott & Costello in "It Ain't Hay", John Wayne in "She wore a yellow ribbon", Johnny Weismuller in "Tarzan Desert Mystery", Ma and Pa Kettle Go to town, Jane Russell in "The Outlaw", and many more (See photos below for clarification)-Features movie poster style ads inset on front & back-Has edge wear consistent with age and normal use with a small tear on one margin but would frame up so nicely-How many of these throwaway items survived? $ 6.95 postage required 1950 Thayer Illinois Route 66 / 4 Drive-In Theatre movie flyer Laurel & Hardy -- Click images to enlarge Description Check it out...Here's a very uncommon original @ 8 1/4" wide by 10 1/4" tall two-sided advertising / promo window poster / flyer / leaflet from the January 1950 Route 4 Drive-In movie Theatre in Thayer Illinois (Old Route 66) AND the Gaiety Drive-In Theatre in Virden, Illinois advertising a couple dozen different movies including Laurel & hardy in "March of the Wooden Soldiers", Abbott & Costello in "It Ain't Hay", John Wayne in "She wore a yellow ribbon", Johnny Weismuller in "Tarzan Desert Mystery", Ma and Pa Kettle Go to town, Jane Russell in "The Outlaw", and many more (See photos below for clarification)-Front features movie poster style ads inset and blank on back-Has edge wear consistent with age and normal use with a small tear on one margin but would frame up so nicely-A great VINTAGE item ready for display! How many of these throwaway items survived? Here's some info on the Drive-In: The Route 4 Drive-In was at the northwest side of Illinois Highway 4 (the former US 66) at its intersection with Harrison Avenue north of Thayer. A 1971 aerial photo shows ramps pointing to a screen that would have faced east-northeast, but no evidence of the screen itself. It was opened around July 1950. The Motion Picture Almanac listed it in its 1951-66 editions, capacity 300, owner W. F. Swift. It was gone by the 1969 MPA. The 1952-56 Theatre Catalog listed the Route 4 (eventually “Route 54 (Formerly Route 4)”) on Route 4, owner William Swift, capacity 300 cars and 100 seats. Despite that Theatre Catalog note, the name may have never changed. A July 13, 1958 note in the Daily Illinois State Journal mentioned the tragedy of a girl who was killed “when she ran across Route 4 from the driveway of the Route 4 Drive-In Theater”. It was still open in 1962. This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! 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Price: 18.99 USD
Location: Noblesville, Indiana
End Time: 2024-12-16T22:05:34.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.95 USD
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