First Drive-in Movie Theater Opens in Camden, New Jersey | Jun 6, 1933

While there were makeshift drive-in cinemas as early as the 1910s, the first patented drive-in movie theater opened on June 6, 1933 by chemical company magnate Richard Hollingshead in Camden, New Jersey. He created it as a solution for people unable to comfortably fit into smaller movie theater seats after creating a mini drive-in for ….

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