Death of the Drive-In: An American Classic Lost in the Modern World
What happened to the drive-in? The first recorded instance of a drive-in theater was Theatre de Guadalupe, which opened in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in 1915. It was quickly renamed De Lux Theater, but closed in 1916 for reasons unknown. Five years later, Claude V. Caver obtained a permit to project silent films in downtown…
