He created it as a solution for people unable to comfortably fit into smaller movie theater seats after creating a mini drive-in for his mother. Though there were drive-ins as early as the 1910s, the first patented drive-in was opened on Jby Richard Hollingshead in New Jersey. Many people hear stories of their grandparents going to the drive-in theater for a Friday night hangout, but do you know the history of the classic movie experience?
