1909 Single Dray License Plate

cryptic · Jan 18, 2011

Found a 1909 Single Dray License Plate.

Coin Stalker · Jan 18, 2011

Nice plate and its in good condition too :thumbsup:

creskol · Jan 18, 2011

That is a really neat find! .. and in great condition to boot! :thumbsup:

crazyjarhead · Jan 18, 2011

Nice find. What's a single dray

cryptic · Jan 18, 2011

A single dray is a single horse drawn vehicle.

crazyjarhead · Jan 18, 2011

cryptic said:
A single dray is a single horse drawn vehicle.

Thank you. You mean they actually needed a license plate for a horse drawn wagon

Interesting

allen · Jan 18, 2011

first one of those ive seen :thumbsup:

Wldbil · Jan 18, 2011

Great Find... Congrats :icon_thumright:

Mackaydon · Jan 18, 2011

Slightly off topic: Some Canadian municipalities require license plates for a rickshaw, a human operated pull cart which is popular in the East, but used in Canada to carry tourists around town.
Don.....

TommNJ · Jan 18, 2011

Very cool find, :icon_thumright:

Congrats !

TommNJ

N.J.THer · Jan 18, 2011

I'm not big into restoring finds but I think I would try to restore that license plate then display it. It would look great behind my bar if you have no place for it... :wink:

NJ

Mackaydon · Jan 18, 2011

Personally, I wouldn't touch it; but I would create a plague with the history of license plates in your particular province; including the probable requirement that the first plates be handmade by the vehicle owner; during that period after the requirement to license was enacted but before the government issued license plates.
Don........

Diggin-N-Dumps · Jan 18, 2011

crazyjarhead said:
cryptic said:

A single dray is a single horse drawn vehicle.

Click to expand...

Thank you. You mean they actually needed a license plate for a horse drawn wagon Interesting

No Shii?...wow..i would have never thought it would have went to a horse drawn wagon

Damon64 · Jan 18, 2011

Cool! Never seen one before.

ANTIQUARIAN · Jan 18, 2011

That's one beautiful find cryptic!

I guess by 1909 the automobiles were competing for space on the roads with the
horse & buggies and they all needed to be licensed! :icon_scratch:

In the photo below a horse and an automobile were going to have a race, but the
horse didn't hear the word "GO" over the noise of the cars engine! :laughing7:

darkwing_66 · Jan 18, 2011

cool tag congrats

cryptic · Jan 18, 2011

I can't even find anything on the internet that resembles this.

Mackaydon · Jan 18, 2011

In what province was the plate found?
Don.......

cryptic · Jan 18, 2011

Mackaydon said:
In what province was the plate found?
Don.......

Ontario. Too bad the plate doesn't state it is from Ontario.

DMN · Jan 18, 2011

Who knows, with some research you may be able to ID the find. Heck , it's #24...seems like a great historical find for your area. I'd avoid doing anything more to it and check out if you can find out ownership info on the tag. I think it would be cool seeming it in the museum withe the note "On loan from ....."