Chicago Automobile License
date: label: date made
content: ca 1901
notes: label: Description
content: This automobile license belonged to Honor Youngs of Chicago, Illinois around 1901. In Illinois, vehicles were registered on a city level until 1907. Illinois began to require statewide vehicle registration in 1907, but did not issue plates until 1911.
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: Illinois
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Honor Youngs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.335599
label: catalog number
content: 335599
label: accession number
content: 1977.0637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: License, Badge
label: Other Terms
content: License, Badge; Road; Automobile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (pin material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; x 1.27 cm x 3.4925 cm