Big Bear


Poulsbo


A Pat Packer named Sylvester alerted me to this theater. He says it had a cartoon picture of a bear on its marque. The Evil Sam Graveyard entry submitted by Jack Ondracek says it opened in 1952, closed in 1986. Opened again in 1988 and reclosed in 1993. Theater Catalog's index of drive-ins in 1955 lists the capacity as 250.


Randall Kunkel sent me this photo, from an unknown Ebay seller.


Update: The Big Bear sign was briefly spotted in a sign shop lot in Seattle by the base of the Magnolia Bridge. This picture was taken September 2004, but when I went by more recently it had been moved.



Terraserver photo of Big Bear. The entrance road comes all the way from the left side of the photo.


USGS Suquamish 1953, 1968
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