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19 Impressive Firsts in U.S. History

July 4, 2025 by Michael Franklin

#16: First Drive-In Movie Theater: Camden, New Jersey (1933)

These days, drive-in movie theaters are all but obsolete, but when Richard Hollingshead opened the first drive-in on June 6, 1933, he was at the cutting edge of a new form of entertainment for the automobile age. Hollingshead charged a quarter per person for patrons to sit in their own cars and watch the film Wives Beware.

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