I collect early U.S. license plates

[Urban Grund]

Damn Fine Collection pl8man!

 

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[pl8man]

Some more up close pictures .
#7315 , 1904 New Jersey , leather
# 3771 , 1903 New Jersey , leather
# R 74 F , 1909 Rocky Ford Colorado , leather .... only know example
#3718 , 1905 California , enamel on brass
#78605 , 1910 California , hand painted metal
# 491 , Del Rio , Texas .. Porcelain number tiles in a metal frame
Glen
PL8MAN

 

[JimDon]

Very cool collection! Luv them.

 

[Dirtslinger]

Very cool. Having spent half my life working in salvage yards, I have a decent collection of plates myself but none that old. I do have all 50 states, most of the Canadian Provinces & 1 from the Red Lake Band of the Chippewa Indian Reservation. I think my oldest is a NH 1918 which is not porcelain. I believe it's one of the first painted plates NH made. The Northwest Territories Canadian plate shaped like a polar bear is a tough one to get.

Who has the race car, or do you collect circle track stuff too?
Pretty cool plates too!

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Hey Glen, You have an awesome collection!

I dug these 3 license plates? Dug them in San Francisco. What do you know about these? they are 4 " X 1 1/2"

 

[pl8man]

Hey Glen, You have an awesome collection!

I dug these 3 license plates? Dug them in San Francisco. What do you know about these? they are 4 " X 1 1/2"

I owned a Mountain View one years ago . They are city license plates . You would mount them on the dash of your car along with a California license dash disc. . The dash disc would have number that was on your license plate . From 1905 - 1910 you only needed a rear license plate . I would love to dig one up ! Thanks Mike !
Glen

 

[Rocsteddie]

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Here are pictures of my office walls at home . I have collected early U.S. plates since 1981 . The first two pictures are porcelain license plates . The 3rd and 4th are early 1900's home made pre state issue license plates . Most states before the state wide issue would give you a number and the you would be responsible for making a number tag . It's a great hobby !!
Thanks for looking ,
Glen (PL8MAN)

Super collection. Just wondering if the plates that I have were worth keeping. They all are in pretty bad condition and I repainted the best I could.
As you can see they are in sequence 1935-230,36-231,37-232 and 1938-233. They all looked like 1938 before paint.
Thanks for showing and any suggestions would be helpful.

 

[OWK]

When I was a kid, I found a few boxes sitting out on the curb in the trash.

Inside were Maryland License Plates from years starting in the teens, and going all the way up through the 70's.

Almost every one was sequential (same license number, year after year).

Kept them for 50 years. (finally sold them to a collector)

 

[Rocsteddie]

Maybe give them to locate history collection society.

 

[pl8man]

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Super collection. Just wondering if the plates that I have were worth keeping. They all are in pretty bad condition and I repainted the best I could.
As you can see they are in sequence 1935-230,36-231,37-232 and 1938-233. They all looked like 1938 before paint.
Thanks for showing and any suggestions would be helpful.

Cool collection ! Yours are good as wall hangers . Minnesota plates from the 1930's are not worth much even in great condition . The only way the value goes up on a re paint is when it is done by a re paint company . Keep them up on the wall , they look cool !
Glen

 

[pickaway]

Wow great collection...