Zebra Drive-In
Pine Bluff, Arkansas1953-1980s
Browse Zebra Drive-In tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. Named for the Pine Bluff Zebras high school football team, it had ticket takers working the box office in football uniforms, helmets included. Its tall red sign spelled ZEBRA down a single blade, with a zebra in a rounded panel beside it. Pick a style below, then read the full Zebra history further down. Down Home Apparel is an American small business remembering the best places and teams of yesteryear, and every shirt is printed to order in the USA.
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Zebra Drive-In History
The Zebra Drive-In in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was completed in September 1953 on South Blake Street near Neely Drive. It had one screen and room for about 700 cars. United Theatres ran it first, and Commonwealth Theatres took over later.
Boxoffice gave it a two-page spread in March 1955. The magazine said the name came from the winning local high school football team, the Pine Bluff Zebras. The theater took the idea as far as it would go: the ticket takers worked the box office in the team's uniforms, helmets included. A man who worked there in 1954 and 1955 remembered tickets at 39 cents.
Its tall red sign spelled ZEBRA down a single blade, with a zebra in a rounded panel beside it. The marquee below ran more than movies at times, including a Big Shindig Show with performers in person.
The Zebra closed in the mid-1980s and was demolished. Industrial businesses now occupy the site.