Squaw Drive-In Theater

2418 Sunset Drive, El Reno, OK
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East < GO > West

This is one of my favorite landmarks on the Mother Road. The large mural on the back of the drive-in theater screen brightens the old cinder block structure up a bit. The mural named "Guardian of the Mother Road" features a Scissortail Flycatcher design and was painted by artists Rick Stennett and Jake Harms as part of the Public Arts Project 66. The Scissortail Flycatcher is the state bird of Oklahoma.

The 220 car Squaw Drive-In theater dates from 1955 and used a 38 foot tall narrow format screen. At the time a company called Video Independent Theaters ran the place. The narrow format screen probably had a hard time competing with the widescreen theaters.

Photo(s): 2015