Fire Station 30

Historical marker location:

1401 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, California

( Marker is at the intersection of South Central Avenue and 14th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Central Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1985

African-American Firefighter Museum. 1913.

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.