Moonbeams and B-Movies: The Rise and Fall of the Drive-In Theater

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Moonbeams and B-Movies: The Rise and Fall of the Drive-In Theater In June 1933, J. Borton Weeks, president of the Keystone Automobile Club, wrote to Richard Hollingshead, Jr., a Camden, New Jersey, businessman, congratulating him on a project “finely conceived and splendidly executed for the convenience, comfort, and entertainment of the motoring public.” Weeks predicted that Hollingshead’s brilliant venture would be copied across the country...
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Lost and Found

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Lost and Found Lost Described as “an influential organization of artists and citizens,” the Philadelphia Art Club was housed in a building designed in 1892 by architect Frank Miles Day (1861-1918). The building was the first significant commission for Day, who had just returned from studies in Europe, which explains his use of unusual expansive arches, delicate stone window lintels, ornamental...
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