GALLERY: Spud Drive-In screen toppled by wind
The 70-year-old movie screen at the Spud Drive-In Theatre in Teton Valley was ripped from its foundation and blown down in wind storm Monday evening.
Spud Drive-In Theater
The 70-year-old movie screen at the Spud Drive-In Theatre in Teton Valley was ripped from its foundation and blown down in wind storm Monday evening.
Spud Drive-In screen blown down
The movie screen at the Spud Drive-In Theatre on Highway 33 just south of Driggs, Idaho, lies on the ground Tuesday morning after being blown down by high winds during a storm the night before.
Spud Drive-In Theater
The 70-year-old movie screen at the Spud Drive-In Theatre in Teton Valley was ripped from its foundation and blown down in wind storm Monday evening.
Spud Drive-In Theater
The 70-year-old movie screen at the Spud Drive-In Theatre in Teton Valley was ripped from its foundation and blown down in a windstorm on April 4.
Spud Drive-In Theater
The movie screen at the Spud Drive-In Theatre in Teton Valley was blown down in wind storm Monday evening.
Spud Drive-In Theater
The 70-year-old movie screen at the Spud Drive-In Theatre on Highway 33 south of Driggs was ripped from its foundation and blown down in a windstorm Monday evening. See today’s Jackson Hole News&Guide for a story on the future of the Teton Valley icon.
Spud Drive-In Theater
The movie screen at the Spud Drive-In Theatre in Teton Valley was blown down in wind storm Monday evening.
Spud Drive-In Theater
Spud Drive-In manager Jedd Mumm photographs the iconic theater's movie screen Tuesday morning in Driggs after it was toppled the night before by severe winds. Mumm said he went outside during the storm and could see the stars on the horizon to the west — a scene normally blocked by the 60-foot tall structure. “There was a big empty place where the screen usually was. That’s when we knew,” his wife, Katie, said.
Spud Drive-In Theater
The 70-year-old movie screen at the Spud Drive-In Theatre in Teton Valley was ripped from its foundation and blown down in wind storm Monday evening.
Spud Drive-In Theater
Spud Drive-In manager Katie Mumm surveys the destroyed movie screen Tuesday morning in Driggs, Idaho, after it was brought down the night before by severe winds. Mumm’s husband, Jedd, said he went outside during the storm and could see the stars on the horizon to the west — a scene normally blocked by the 60-foot tall structure. “There was a big empty place where the screen usually was. That’s when we knew,” Katie Mumm said.
Brad Boner
Brad Boner has worked as a photojournalist for 25 years and has directed the News&Guide’s visuals since 2004. He lives on the west side of the Tetons with his wife, two kids, two grumpy cats and Rosie the red heeler.
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