Swampy’s Florida Ads: What’s playing at the 40th Street Drive-In in Tampa this week in 1954.
on November 28, 2023
at 6:00 am
This is an actual advertising card for Tampa’s ’40th Street Drive-In’ back in 1954.
This was back when a news reel and cartoon was part of the show. Thus noted at the bottom.
The theater opened in 1953. The location lasted a short time and closed in 1958. The area, at the time, was becoming more and more an industrial area, which it is today. Today a trucking company occupies the drive-in area.
Learned much of the start and fate of the drive-in from CinematicTrasures.com : https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/48663/comments
This card is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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