Historical Marker
The General Harrison
Historical marker location:
424 Clay Street, San Francisco, California
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Clay Street and Battery Street, on the left when traveling east.)
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.