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Miscellaneous Permits

Coal Dealer and Coal Truck

1937 Coal Dealer permit no. 1241940 Coal Truck permit no. 92

Information about coal business-related permits will be added as it becomes available.

Press Photographer

D.C. Press permit

Information about D.C. Press permits will be added as it becomes available.

Solid Waste Collection Vehicle

1975-76 Solid Waste Collection Vehicle permit no. 539exp. 1981 Solid Waste Collection Vehicle permit no. 252exp. 2012 Solid Waste Collection Vehicle permit no. 2453

Information about SWCV permits will be added as it becomes available.

Horse-Drawn Commercial Vehicle Permit

D.C. Vendor permit no. 4618

Several of these black-on-white, porcelain enamel plates are known to exist in collections today. Although direct evidence as to their purpose remains unknown, we believe them to be examples of the "metal tag with numbers thereon at least three (3) inches in height and one-half (1/2) inch in width" that are called for under a section (no. 6a) added to Article XII of the police regulations as specified by the D.C. Commissioners in a writing of August 19, 1910. The referenced sections calls for the markers described to be displayed on "every horse-drawn vehicle when used for business purposes." Issuance was handled by the city government's permit clerk, and the cost was fifty cents per plate.


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