Chavela Vargas

Historical marker location:

2301 Market Street, San Francisco, California

( Marker is on Market Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2019

Rainbow Honor Walk.

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.