Historical Marker
Boardinghouses
Historical marker location:
390 Birch Street, Westwood, California
( Marker is on Birch Street south of 4th Street, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2011
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.