On This Day in History June 6, 1933: Richard Hollingshead was granted United States Patent number 1,

On This Day in History June 6, 1933: Richard Hollingshead was granted United States Patent number 1,909,537 on May 16, 1933. What was this patent for? Hollingshead’s patent was for the Drive-In Theater.

Hollingshead would build the first drive-in theater in Pennsauken Township, Camden New Jersey. It would be open for business on June 6, 1933. The first movie shown was the 1932 British Fox Studios comedy “Wives Beware” (entitled “Two White Arms" in the United Kingdom. )

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