Historical Marker
The Pardee House
Historical marker location:
672 11th Street, Oakland, California
( Marker is on 11th Street near Castro Street when traveling west.)
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.