Circus
Anacortes
By now this place is being used for R/V storage. In the mid-'80s, X-rated fare was advertised on the marquee.
I visited the place to see that they still use the circus motif on their storage yard, with cartoon caricatures all around. I have no idea if such decorations were kept up when it was an adult theater.
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The entrance road.
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Down in front! The lot now holds trucks and parts of prefab homes.
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The projection booth is still decorated with cartoon characters.
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Some of the speaker poles that have been removed from the lot are still nearby.
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Here you can see evidence that they must have offered in-car heaters to their patrons, plugged into an unfamiliar type of electrical outlet. Once this became an adult theater, an electric heater would have been superfluous.
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Here is the highway side view of the screen. Back when it was an adult theater, I remember the barrier to the screen view looked like a natural hillside. It would have had to have been very tall, and no sign of it is left today.
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Another angle on the snack bar.
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Some of the letters are missing from this sign for the, er, "TH'ATR".
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Terraserver photo of Circus. Main lot is on the left, and twin lot is on the lower right. It appears they didn't relandscape much for the twin lot.
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USGS Anacortes South, 1978
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