Historical Marker
The 1923 Berkeley Fire
Historical marker location:
1916 Oxford Street, Berkeley, California
( Marker is on Oxford Street south of Hearst Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1998
The first drive-in movie theater in the world was opened in California in 1933. The theater, called the Drive-In Theatre, was located in Camden, New Jersey. However, the drive-in movie theater became more popular in California and eventually spread across the country.