Oscar's
Drive-In, 4751 El Cajon Blvd: Larry
Booth took this photo on July 18, 1947. I
believe he was working for Title Insurance at
the time and I'll bet this was for an article
in their in-house magazine Title Topics.
That's a cigarette machine at the far left and
a phone booth around the wall at the far
right. The banner advertises Double-Deck
Hamburgers for 25˘. It's been a
Jack-in-the-Box for a long time. (San Diego
Historical Society Photo)
I
worked at the Oscar’s on El Cajon Blvd at
Euclid for about five years. It was known as
the “Circus” due to all the animal posters
on the wall. I started out as a DMO (Dish
Machine Operator), then fountain boy and
later cook. Later on I moved over to the
Oscars at Menlo and El Cajon Blvd and worked
there before going on to the Oscars at 12th
& C and and the one in Clairemont when
it was new – Colin
Fort ’60
I
thought this Oscar's was originally called
Circus -- or was that a different drive-in?
If the date on this photo is correct, it was
three months before I was born, so I
couldn't have remembered this one as Circus
-- Joe
Dyke ‘65
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