Discovery and Exploitation

Historical marker location:

Big Tree Parkway, Arnold, California

( Marker is on Big Tree Parkway, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2008

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.