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| Vail Mills Drive-in |
| Status: Closed |
| Location: 3757 Rte 30 at Black St., Vail Mills, NY 12025 |
| Screens: 1 |
| Capacity: 700 |
| Original owner: Built by Harry Lamont, Gerald Schwartz, and Ernest Whitman, operated later by Clifford Swick, operated later by York View Theatres (formerly called Counrtywide Theatres). |
| Opening date: May 29, 1948 |
| Final season: 1989 |
| What's there now: Paradise Mobile Homes Sales, marquee and snackbar are still standing and snackbar building is still in use as a storage facility. |
This page was last updated on December 27, 2009.
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| Topo Map from 1970, courtesy of TerraServer USA. | Aerial image from 1995, courtesy of TerraServer USA. | Aerial image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth. | Aerial close-up image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth. |
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| Grand opening tomorrow article from the Gloversville-Johnsonville Leader-Republican on May 28, 1948. | Grand opening tomorrow ad from the Gloversville-Johnsonville Leader-Republican on May 28, 1948. | Vail Mills Drive-in screen fire article from the Amsterdam Evening Recorder on May 23, 1950. | Vail Mills Drive-in diaper derby ad from the Amsterdam Evening Recorder on August 26, 1954. |
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| Cinemascope article from the Schenectady Gazette in May 1955. | Vail Mills Drive-in marquee from 2007, courtesy of Bill and Darci Wemple. |
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