Name/Title
Island Auto Movie Penny Market Tickets, c. 1950sEntry/Object ID
2021.115.12Description
Acc. No. 21.115.12 A-E
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda - Movie Theaters; Miscellaneous
Date or Period: c. 1950s
Object: tickets
Description: A collection of different-sized tickets all stating 'Island Auto Movie' and 'Penny Market'. A: near-square tickets (2), printed black type on tan sturdy paper, No. 8760 and 8763; B: near-square tickets (2), printed red type on off-white paper, stating 6th Anniversary - Free Color TV', No. 9507 and 9508; C: rectangular ticket with same-size stub, stamped, 25C in green, rest text in black, No. 098341; D: as C, but No. 295376, and reverse is much lighter and smaller type; E: partial of two connected small tickets without stub, 25 c, No 297945 and 297946.
Sizes: various, largest L 3 1/4 x W 3 inches.
History of Object: Tickets for raffle drawings at the Sunday penny market at the Island Auto Movie drive-in theater, 791 Thau Way. The theater opened in June 29, 1950, and closed as a movie theater in 1991, when the screen was destroyed by a storm. The site continued as a swap meet until 1995, and was ultimately demolished in 1997. Housing now occupy the site.
Some of these tickets are fairly early, presumably the 6th anniversary tickets are from 1956.
Acquired from: estate of Richard Branchaud, Kathleen Branchaud
Donation Date: 9/3/2020
Catalog Date: 10/11/2021
