Illinois License Plate

Illinois License Plate

Illinois first required car owners to register their vehicles in 1907 with owners providing their own license plates until the state issued them in 1911. Front and rear plates were required each year along with an aluminum dashboard disc with the same number as the plate. These discs were discontinued in 1917. 1934 is the first time the state name, "Illinois", is spelled out on license plates with the year of registration. Illinois license plates were annual until 1979 when the state began to issue multi-year plates.

circa 1918

Midway Village Museum

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Still Image

85.109(I).905.53

Photograph

2.50" x 4.25"