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Vintage handbill from 1941.

Credit: William Sureck

Added: 7/29/2003

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Photo of the East Drive-in on Shelbyville Road. It was located across the street from the mall of St. Matthews.

Credit: Mark Osinski

Added: 2/8/2005

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An ad for the East.

Credit: John Story

Added: 8/6/2005

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Here is the best buy

Credit: Rosalind

Added: 6/3/2006

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Here is how the best buy connects to the shopping center

Credit: Rosalind

Added: 6/3/2006

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here is the rest of the shopping center. It doesn't really have a name, but it is located directly across from mall st. matthews.

Credit: Rosalind

Added: 6/3/2006

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A view of the East Drive-In and the recently opened Mall St Matthews. Shelbyville Road, Louisville, KY

Credit: Rosalind Causey via U of L archives

Added: 5/27/2017

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Shelbyville Road in Louisville with Shelbyville Road Plaza and East Drive-in. Pre-Watterson Expressway.

Credit: Rosalind Causey via U of L archives

Added: 7/9/2017

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Shelbyville Road in Louisville with Shelbyville Road Plaza and East Drive-in. Prep for Watterson Expressway evident to the upper right.

Credit: Rosalind Causey via U of L archives

Added: 7/9/2017

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Shelbyville Road in Louisville with Shelbyville Road Plaza to the lower left and East Drive-in to the upper right. 4 lane Watterson Expressway is under construction.Mall St. Matthews will be built across from the drive-in.

Credit: Rosalind Causey via U of L archives

Added: 7/9/2017

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Shelbyville Road in Louisville with the East Drive-in. Most likely taken in the last year or two of the theaters operation. Note the overgrowth in the back rows. 4 lane Watterson Expressway is complete, Mall St. Matthews is now across from the drive-in.

Credit: Rosalind Causey via U of L archives

Added: 7/9/2017

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Shelbyville Road in Louisville with the East Drive-in. Labels are possibly having to do with surveying for Watterson Expressway.

Credit: Rosalind Causey via U of L archives

Added: 7/9/2017

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Aerial view of Shelbyville Road and the East Drive-in, with convenient labels Most likely for Watterson Expressway project.

Credit: Rosalind Causey via USGS

Added: 7/9/2017

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Looks like a big night at the East Drive-in

Credit: Rosalind Causey via U of L archives

Added: 7/9/2017

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Folks standing in the back of a truck at the East Drive-in.

Credit: Rosalind Causey via U of L archives

Added: 7/9/2017

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Shelbyville Road, showing the shopping center that replaced the East Drive-in in the upper left.

Credit: Rosalind Causey via U of L archives

Added: 7/9/2017

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Ad for Almart, the store that replaced the East Drive-in.

Credit: Rosalind Causey via U of L archives

Added: 7/9/2017

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