Drive-in theater, Highway 81, Waco, Texas

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Drive-in theater, Highway 81, Waco, Texas
Drive-in theater, Highway 81, Waco, Texas
Artist/Maker (American, born 1949)
Date1973
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 11 × 12 1/4 in. (27.9 × 31.1 cm) Image: 9 3/8 × 11 1/8 in. (23.8 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jerri Golden, GP2020
Object number2024.18.2
Not on view
DescriptionBlack and white night photograph of the Circle Drive-in Theater in Waco, Texas. Image shows a large lit neon sign with the theater's name and an illustrated image of a bear running towards the viewer.
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Alternate Titles Drive-In Theater, Highway 81, Waco, Texas
Drive-in Theater, Highway 81, Waco, Texas
Circle Drive-in Theater, Highway 81, Waco, Texas
Exhibition History [not Wellin's print] "Steve Fitch: Drive-In Theaters," Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA, (January 14 – March 18, 2023).
Published References "Diesels and Dinosaurs" (Long Run Press, 1976). Monograph.
Signature Recto of mat board, lower left corner (pencil): "STEVE FITCH"
Inscribed Verso, center (pencil): "Steve Fitch / Waco, Texas / 1973"
Recto of mat board, lower right corner (pencil): "$150.00"
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