Modern Federal · Theaters

The ticket booth of the Mesa Drive-in Theater, established in 1951 in Blende, a Pueblo, Colorado, a gritty suburb of Pueblo, Colorado

Colorado · 1850–1939

The ticket booth of the Mesa Drive-in Theater, established in 1951 in Blende, a Pueblo, Colorado, a gritty suburb of Pueblo, Colorado, Colorado, 1850–1939
The ticket booth of the Mesa Drive-in Theater, established in 1951 in Blende, a Pueblo, Colorado, a gritty suburb of Pueblo, Colorado, Colorado, 1850–1939. Theaters — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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