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Credit: anonymous

Added: 4/29/2004

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screen and field with cars lined up for an Easter SunriseService circa 1958

Credit: Dixon Hayes

Added: 12/31/2007

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screen tower

Credit: Dixon Hayes

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1958 newspaper ad for Disney's Old Yeller; note plug for Easter Sunrise Service

Credit: Dixon Hayes

Added: 12/31/2007

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These images are of a printed pamphlet distributed by the Rainbow Drive-In of Gadsden, AL.  A few months ago I had a friend ask me if I remember them handing them out.  He was very surprised that I had one.
This is image is the front of the pamphlet

Credit: David Finlayson

Added: 12/31/2007

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This is the inside spread of the pamplet

Credit: David Finlayson

Added: 12/31/2007

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This is the back of the pamphlet showing a 1969 Elvis Movie.

Credit: David Finlayson

Added: 12/31/2007

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This photo was taken before the Gadsden Mall and Interstate 759 was constructed. This photo of the Rainbow Drive-In is from the publication Images of America ETOWAH COUNTY VII by Mike Goodson and Bob Scarboro.
Published by Arcadia an imprint of Tempus Pu

Credit: David Finlayson

Added: 12/31/2007

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A vintage photo of the Rainbow Drive-in screen and marquee, after the swollen Coosa River flooded the lot

Credit: Dixon Hayes

Added: 12/31/2007

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The Rainbow marquee as it appeared on opening night

Credit: Dixon Hayes

Added: 12/31/2007

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Rainbow ticket booth, with employees lined up, as it appeared on opening night

Credit: Dixon Hayes

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Rainbow concession stand/projection room as it appeared on opening night

Credit: Dixon Hayes

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The Duel At Silver Creek was released in 1952

Credit: David Finlayson

Added: 12/31/2007

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This is from the image library of Bobby Scarboro Photo's.  Bobby has collected countless photos of Etowah County and surrounding areas down through the years. Prints are available for purchase.

Credit: David Finlayson

Added: 12/31/2007

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Rainbow Drive-In in Gadsden, Alabama, apparently days before its 1952 grand opening.

Credit: Dixon Hayes

Added: 5/29/2003

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The sad end of a Rainbow: the aftermath of the 1977 thunderstorm that destroyed the screen of the Rainbow Drive-In in Gadsden, thus closing the drive-in forever and making way for the Rainbow Cinemas.  From the Gadsden Times.

Credit: Dixon Hayes

Added: 5/29/2003

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Merchants "Driver Ticket" from the Rainbow Drive-in Theatre in Gadsden Alabama

Credit: Mike Goodson

Added: 4/29/2007

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