Drive-in Movies
The nation’s first drive-in movie theater opened today in 1933 in Camden, New Jersey.
Richard M. Hollingshead, Jr., chemical company magnate testing showing movine in the driveway of his home. He set up a projector in his backyard, and nailed a screen to a couple trees in the backyard. Within a year, he open the first American drive in theater.
As a kid growing up in the city of Chicago, there weren’t many drive-in theaters. In fact, within just a few miles of where I live we had some of the grand old theaters that sat upwards of 3,000 moviegoers. But I …read more
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