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The World's First Drive-In Movie Theater

The business opened on June 6, 1933, on the Camden-Pennsauken border. Although the original drive-in was gone by 1940, when Zinman Furs opened on part of the property, the enterprise began a cultural phenomenon.

    by Peter Mucha, Inquirer
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On opening night, June 6, 1933, rows of cars face the distant screen.
On opening night, June 6, 1933, rows of cars face the distant screen.Read morePhiladelphia Inquirer
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