All the Wonder Whips and Big Dippers, fabulous shakes and good times with friends, remind us why we loved drive-ins so much as kids. The prices were cheap, the air was fine, and the food tasted wonderful. Going to a drive-in restaurant was one of our favorite things to do back in our school days.

1947 in North Carolina. Via/ Flickr

French fries 20 cents, Tallahassee, Florida, 1957. Via/ State Archives of Florida

Notice their coin belts! 1958 in Dayton, Ohio. Via/ Flickr

1955 Jacksonville, Florida. Via/ State Archives of Florida

1973 Staten Island, New York. Via/ Flickr

1965 in Tallahassee, Florida. Via/ State Archives of Florida