First Library Building

Historical marker location:

2136 1st Street, Livermore, California

( Marker is on 1st Street west of South J Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2007

Built 1878.

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.