Colorado License Plates: Facts, Figures, and Folklore
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Authors
Sammeth, George C., Jr.
Boyd, Thomas E.
Issue Date
1991
Date Information
Issue date assumed based on copyright
Subjects
Jurisdictional histories
Jurisdictions
Colorado (USA)
Type
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Abstract
Description
A history of Colorado license plates from the prestate era through 1991 providing descriptions, data tables, and photographs of plates organized by type. Data tables Include numerical, two-letter and three-letter county codes, as well as registration numbers for passenger, truck, dealer, trailer, truck dealer, motorcycle, and motorcycle dealer, 1913–1988; bus, 1928–1929; commercial truck, 1943–1950; various truck types (city, farm, metro, recreation, gross ton mile), 1955–1988; lost/replacement, 1916–1934; various tractor types (tractor, city, farm, metro, gross ton mile), 1948–1988; special mobile equipment and mobile home, 1955–1988; electric, personalized, handicap, and ham radio, 1974–1988; passenger registrations by county, 1918–1988; passenger plate number assignments by county, 1916–1926.
Table of Contents
Introduction
In the Beginning (pre–1913)
The Early Years (1913–1931)
By the Numbers (1932–1953)
Years of Confusion (1954–1958)
Two Letters (1959–1982)
Latter Day Plates (1982–present)
Introduction to Nonpassenger Plates
Dealer
Motorcycle
Motorcycle Dealer
Visitor/Guest
Truck
Trailer
Truck Dealer
Tractor
Antique Vehicle
Latter Day Miscellaneous
Military Related
State or Municipally Owned
Political
Media
Epilogue
Figures Section
Acknowledgments
References
County Code Table
County Map
About the Authors
Format
Book, comb bound; 7 × 8½ inches; 150 pages; illustrated
Access
Contact research@registrationhistory.org for access options; physical resource located in the VRHC collection.
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Publisher
Self-published