McAbee Beach

Historical marker location:

642 Cannery Row, Monterey, California

( Marker is on Cannery Row, on the right when traveling north.)

Historic Cannery Row.

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.