Object Details
- Description
- This homemade leather license plate bears the brass numerals “2272” and the letters “DC” for the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia required that all vehicles operating on its streets had a license from DC, but did not issue plates itself until 1907, when it began to issue porcelain plates.
- As the number of motor vehicles reached tens of thousands, state and local governments assumed a new power: authorizing vehicles and drivers. In 1901, New York became the first state to register automobiles; by 1918 all states required license plates
- 1902-1907
- ID Number
- 2003.0040.04
- catalog number
- 2003.0040.04
- accession number
- 2003.0040
- Object Name
- License plate
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- brass (numbers material)
- steel (plate material)
- metal (hooks material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 11 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 29.845 cm x 1.905 cm
- Place Made
- United States: District of Columbia
- used
- United States: District of Columbia
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- America On The Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1330981
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-2935-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
