Vehicle registration plates of Massachusetts

Common card · No. 424218

Massachusetts was the first U.S. state to issue license plates on September 1, 1903. Plates are currently issued by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV). All plates since 1978 are currently valid. Prior to 1993, only rear plates were required; since the first "Spirit of America" plate was issued in 1986, front and rear plates have been required since. As such, the 1978-1993 issues continue to only require the rear plate, while the "Spirit of America" issues since 1986 require front and rear plates. The very first Massachusetts license plate, "1", is still in use today. It was issued to Frederick Tudor, who also received the first license issued. He got the plate due to his work for the Massachusetts Highway Commission and his connection as the nephew of the wealthy Henry Lee Higginson, whose irritation with cars speeding by his estate led to him successfully petitioning for the state of Massachusetts to register all motor vehicles (previously, only the city of Boston had this...

Read on Wikipedia · Image Zcarstvnz Author of original photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 4.0