The Lee Highway Drive-In opened August 26, 1954 with a capacity for 1,000 cars. One entrance was on Lee Highway and the other on Gallows Road. This drive-in later had a capacity for 1,350 cars. The Lee Highway Drive-In closed in 1984 and was replaced by a multiplex theater.
Lee Highway Drive-in
Hollowell's Esso Station was a Bailey's Crossroad landmark on Leesburg Pike in the 1950's. Compare how it looked then to a street view of the station as it appears today.
Hollowell Esso as it looks today (2013)Hollowell's Esso Station. Leesburg Pike at Bailey's Crossroads 1950's
Pimmit Hills is a suburb of Falls Church located just inside the Capital Beltway where Rt. 7 enters Tysons Corner. These cute little homes have been serving families since the middle of the last century, but many of them have had additions and improvements. Because the location is so outstanding many of the homes here have been knocked down and replaced with larger homes.
Pimmit Hills back in 1956
Walk out basement at Pimmit Hills
Renovated kitchen at Pimmit Hills
Pimmit Hills is located near Tysons and Falls Church VA
A Pimmit Hills original in Falls Church 22043
Single-family home with some modifications at Pimmit Hills
Yates Village and Lynbrook are a community in Springfield VA. Springfield is located in Fairfax County VA.
Yates Village / Lynbrook in Springfield, VA 1955Lynbrook in Springfield
Ladies waiting on Fort Hunt Rd, for the Fairfax County bookmobile
This is an interesting photo for a number of reasons. Firstly, I can't help but notice that something in the distance has caught the full attention of the dogs. Are the dogs a pug and a great dane? The child in the stroller is bundled up and braced for cold. The little red wagon is loaded full of books and another lady carries an armful of books. In the days before 100 cable channels and the Internet and video games and mobile phones and more, we read just a bit more.
I'd like to know exactly where this is on Fort Hunt Road. It looks a bit like the foot of Belle Haven, which would make the empty field Olde Belhaven Towne. But the hill doesn't look quite right for that location.
Abbot and Costello were cuffed by the Arlington County police, back in 1955 at the Grand Opening of Parkington which is located at Wilson Blvd and Glebe Road.
1955-Arlington Police with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello at grand opening of Parkington at Wilson Blvd. and Glebe Rd.
