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The Rise and Fall of Drive-In Theaters
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On a late spring evening in 1933, a crowd of moviegoers in New Jersey embarked on an entirely new viewing experience. They parked their cars in a lot in the town of Camden, and settled in to watch the film from their very own automobiles under the nighttime stars. It was the world’s first drive-in theater, dreamed up by a local automotive chemicals salesman named Richard Hollingshead Jr. Credit: ullstein bild Dtl./ ullstein bild via Getty Images The Rise Hollingshead had come up with the concept not long before. The 33-year-old entrepreneur tested his idea ...Read More
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On a late spring evening in 1933, a crowd of moviegoers in New Jersey embarked on an entirely new viewing experience. They parked their cars in a lot in the…
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