Michigan License Plate, 1906-1907
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Artifact Overview
In the early 1900s, the state of Michigan required automobile owners display a license plate with an assigned registration number. Before 1910, car owners had to make their own. This 1906 leather plate with metal numbers was registered to a car in Detroit, Michigan.
Artifact Details
Artifact
License plate
Date Made
circa 1906
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
68.85.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the State of Michigan.
Material
Leather
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 13.875 in
Width: 6.25 in
Thickness: 0.25 in
Inscriptions
On front: 3875 / MICH
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