U.S. Patent 1,909,537 THE DRIVE-IN
Richard Milton Hollingshead, Jr. applied for a patent on august 6, 1932 and obtained it on may 16, 1933. The number of his patent was U.S. Patent 1,909,537, and actually he was the inventor of the Drive-In.
Richard was the owner of an auto parts company, The Whiz Auto Products, and he lived in Camden, New Jersey. When he obtained the Patent in 1933, he founded the Park-It Theatres, Inc.
He opened a 400-acre Drive-In on Crescent Boulevar - US-130,
Pennsauken,
New Jersey, calling it "Automobile Movie Theater".
About that night...
Price of admission: 25 cents for the car
25 cents per person
Cars: 400
Movie: “Wives
Beware” (Two White Arms) starring Adolphe Menjou
The first Drive-In in Camden
So... Sit in your car and enjoy talkies
The drive-in
GOOGLE DOODLE CELEBRATION: THE DRIVE-IN ANNIVERSARY
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The Patent
Stay tuned... Uncleoscar
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