Duke City Drive-In

Taken from a Tom Rosenburg FB post, I hope he doesn’t mind.

The Duke City Drive-In was opened February 17, 1953 with Robert Ryan in “Best of the Badmen” & John Payne in “Passage West”. It was built by Tom Griffing Construction, and was a single screen initially operated by Tom Griffing. It was later operated by All-State Theatres and Video Independent Theaters Inc. 87107.  2701 Carlisle Boulevard NE, where the Wal-Mart is now.

Checkout the earlier post on the Terrace Drive-In and the race track it hid.

Mortar Cycle

Dodge Viper.

I always suspected there was something wacky going on behind the Viper.

Albuquerque Dragway

These old photos so remind me of the dragway as a kid. I never went to the races legitimately but used to ride up to the strip from the Big Dig pretty regularly. Every race I ever saw was from behind a chain link fence.

Rudolph Brothers Indian

Bill and Norman Rudolph with a load of surplus Harley WLA’s.  The photo was taken in September of 1944. Maybe my bike is one of the bikes in that load. My brother Rob’s ‘48 Chief also has known Rudolph Brothers Indian ties. 

Send It

Queen City Motorcycle Club

Don contacted me a few weeks ago and shared these photo of a Queen City motorcycle club he bought a whole back. Pretty cool. Thanks Don.

Seattle Motorcycle Club

Don contacted me recently and shared this photo of a Seattle Motorcycle Club pin he bought. The pin is thought to be the only one still in existence. The Seattle Motorcycle Club was one of the earliest clubs in the Pacific Northwest, starting in 1909. They were very active and ran a number of long distance reliability runs.

Thanks for sharing Don.

Sunday Best

South Eubank

South.Eubank, Albuquerque NM in the mid-50’s. 

Rowdy Willy

Rowdy Willy - Charioteers Dragway, Hobbs New Mexico.

Isetta Power

Pacific Raceways - year unknown

HOV Lane Management