Historical Marker
Sutter Creek Sanitarium
Historical marker location:
72 Main Street, Sutter Creek, California
( Marker is on Main Street (Old Highway 49) south of Randolph Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2004
1895 - 1927.
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.