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Rick Kretschmer's License Plate Archives |
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Rick Kretschmer's License Plate Archives |
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Latest noteworthy updates: Now up to 40 of 56 states and other jurisdictions shown on this page
- Apr. 13, 2008 - Brand new page.
- Apr. 29, 2008 - Added images of currently issued District of Columbia, Florida, and Wisconsin plates. Added images of previous editions of Indiana standard-issue and Utah standard-issue plates.
- June 5, 2008 - Added images of currently issued Alabama and Arkansas plates, and a previously issued New Jersey plate.
- June 19, 2008 - Added images of current California, Idaho, and optional-issue New Mexico plates, and both current and previous Nevada plates.
The images shown on this page are U.S. passenger car plate designs that are in current use. Both standard plates and optional designs available for no additional cost are shown. Optional designs that cost extra are too numerous for the scope of this project, and therefore are not shown.
Passenger car plates are used not just for sedans, but also station wagons, mini-vans, and sport-utility vehicles (SUVs), in all states except Delaware and Maryland. For those two states, I've included images of both sedan and non-sedan passenger vehicle plates. In some states, passenger car plates are also used for other types of vehicles, such as pickup trucks, motor homes, and buses; however, I'm not otherwise addressing these vehicle types on this page.
The left column shows the plate design and serial format currently being issued; included in the right column are older designs no longer being issued but still on the road, and additional serial formats that either are concurrently being issued or were previously issued. Only older designs and formats issued within the about the last 15 or 20 years, and still in use, are shown. Even so, not all such older designs and formats are shown, either due to space considerations, or because I do not have any photo available.
If you have, or can take, a digital photo of a plate not shown below, send it to me in an e-mail attachment. I'll add it to this page, and will credit you for submitting it.
Plates shown on this page are from a variety of sources, including my collection, my trade box, and plates in actual use. All photographs were taken by me, unless otherwise credited.
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| Delaware (station wagons, mini-vans, SUVs) |
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| Maryland (sedans, station wagons) |
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| South Carolina (no-cost optional plate) |
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Great Lakes |
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North Central |
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Islands |
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Other current U.S. license plate pages on this site
Current and recent Maryland license plates issued to personal vehicles
Current and recent Maryland license plates issued to commercial and government vehicles
Current and recent North Carolina license plates issued to personal vehicles
Current and recent North Carolina license plates issued to commercial and government vehiclesOther U.S. passenger car plate galleries on this site
Gallery of Maryland passenger car plates, 1910 to present
Gallery of North Carolina passenger car plates, 1913 to present
Gallery of Pennsylvania passenger car plates, 1906 to present
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