California License Plate
date: label: Date made
content: 1934
label: used date
content: 1934
notes: label: Description
content: This stamped steel California license plate number has the black characters “1S 952” on an orange background. California residents had to register their vehicles with the state in 1905, but the state did not issue license plates until 1914. By 1934, the plates were metal.
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: place made
content: United States: California
label: used
content: United States: California
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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: 2003.0040.05
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0040.05
label: accession number
content: 2003.0040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: License plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 14 in x 1/16 in; 15.24 cm x 35.56 cm x .15875 cm