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Entry Date: 3/24/2008 - B.J. McDevitt: For a time, The Lakes had two marquees. The one pictured here which was facing Grand River Ave., and a smaller one that faced I-96. The smaller one had fallen into disrepair, and was abandoned years before the drive-in closed.
Entry Date: 10/22/2007 - Dan: As a high school teenager in the summer of 1954 I worked as an usher at the Lake''s.
I was one of severel ushers who would, with flashlights, help direct and guide cars
to a parking spot as it was lights out after you passed the ticket booth. I would work
from dusk to the end of the movies, then help direct the cars out. For this I was paid
$5.00 a night. Not really bad for a 17 year old in 1954. The work was easy and $5
went a longer way back then.
Entry Date: 5/5/2004 - Kirk Jarvinen: The Lakes Drive-in opened at 6:30 pm on Friday May 11, 1951
(not 53) playing JEEPERS CREEPERS (starring Weaver Bros.) -also- SADDLE TRAMP (with Joel McCrea). Capacity: "Speakers for 700 automobiles on the opening evening, and space for more." Info obtained from microfilm of The Livingston County Press Wednesday, May 9, 1951. Page Fifteen: News Article "New Theatre to Open Friday" Page Twenty-Four: Large Grand Opening ad.
Entry Date: 1/6/2003 - WaterWinterWonderland: Everything is gone, A street runs through the lot with new ice arena and ice cream store.
The only drive-in ever built in Livingston County, it was once quite a hopping place.
After the theater closed, I asked the realtor how much the land was selling for, the answer was over 1 million dollars.
Clearly the former owners could not pass up that kind of return on their investment as it was probably purchased for a fraction of that back when this area was mostly rural.
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| SCREEN WRECKED FROM MICHIGANDRIVEINS |
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| OPENING ARTICLE 5-9-51 FROM RON GROSS |
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| FROM ROADSIDE |
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| REAR OF SCREEN |
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| FROM REAR OF LOT |
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| FROM PROJECTION BOOTH |
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| OBSCURED BY BUSHES |
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| MARQUEE AND SCREEN |
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| INSIDE CONCESSION |
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| SCREEN |
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| SCREEN AND CONCESSION |
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| TICKET BOOTH - PHOTO FROM WATER WINTER WONDERLAND |
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| CONCESSION AND PROJECTION - PHOTO FROM WATER WINTER WONDERLAND |
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| PROJECTION - PHOTO FROM WATER WINTER WONDERLAND |
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| OUT SIGN - PHOTO FROM WATER WINTER WONDERLAND |
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| RESTORED 21' NEON MARQUEE FROM EBAY AUCTION DEC 2002 |
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| EBAY AUCTION IMAGE |
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| MARQUEE OVERGROWN - PHOTO FROM WATER WINTER WONDERLAND |
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| REAR OF MARQUEE DARRYL BURGESS |
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| INSIDE CONCESSION DARRYL BURGESS |
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| INSIDE CONCESSION DARRYL BURGESS |
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| SPEAKER DARRYL BURGESS |
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| START TIMES DARRYL BURGESS |
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| OUTSIDE CONCESSION DARRYL BURGESS |
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| INSIDE CONCESSION DARRYL BURGESS |
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| INSIDE CONCESSION DARRYL BURGESS |
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| OUTSIDE CONCESSION DARRYL BURGESS |
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| SCREEN FROM SNACK BAR |
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| INSIDE CONCESSION 1989 DARRYL BURGESS |
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| OUTSIDE CONCESSION DARRYL BURGESS |
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| PROJECTOR DARRYL BURGESS |
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| OUTSIDE CONCESSION DARRYL BURGESS |
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| RESTROOM DARRYL BURGESS |
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| INSIDE TICKET BOOTH DARRYL BURGESS |
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| OUTSIDE CONCESSION DARRYL BURGESS |
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| NOW - PHOTO FROM WATER WINTER WONDERLAND |
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| INSIDE CONCESSION |
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| LAKES SCREEN |
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| SCREEN - PHOTO FROM RG |
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| BRIGHTON ARGUS ARTICLE |
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| 1989 AD FROM BRIGHTON ARGUS |
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| OLD AD |
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| 1974 AD |
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| MATCHBOOK |
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| AERIAL IMAGE 2003 |
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| AERIAL - PHOTO FROM TERRASERVER |
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| HISTORIC AERIAL |
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| VICTORIA ADVOCATE FIREWORKS ACCIDENT |