Kansas License Plate
date: label: Date made
content: 1924
notes: label: Description
content: This Kansas license plate was used around 1924. The state of Kansas first issued license plates in 1913, but didn't put the year on them until 1921. Before then, the state changed the shape and location of the "KAN" abbreviation or changed the color to differentiate between years.
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Kansas
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.3084.01
label: catalog number
content: 1985.3084.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.3084
objectType: label: Object Name
content: License Plate: Kansas
label: Object Name
content: license plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 14 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 14.605 cm x 37.465 cm x .635 cm