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Site Activity Log

Most recent activity is listed first.
Some links may be inoperable due to changes subsequently made to corresponding pages.

Activity Logs of Years Past:

Mon., Sept. 6
Added images of 1964 (exp. 3-31-65) and 2009 Trailer plates to the secton of our Truck and Trailer Types page dedicated to that type; added an image of a 1956 (exp. 3-31-66) Medical Doctor plate to the section of our Non-Passenger Plates page dedicated to that type; added images of the two aforementioned 1960s plates to the appropriate section of our page dedicated to plates of that decade.
   
Sun., Sept. 5, 2010
Added images of 1962 (exp. 3-31-63), 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966 Transport plates to the section of our Motor Vehicle Business Types page dedicated to that type as well as our page upon which plates of the 1960s are presented; added images of 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958, and 1959 Commercial (Truck) plates to our pages dedicated to plates of the 1940s and 1950s.
   
Sun., Aug. 22
Modified information presented in the 1927-34 and 1948-52 sections of our Commercial (Truck) plates page.
   
Sat., Aug. 21
Rewrote, reconfigured, and added numerous images to our page dedicated to the history of D.C. Commercial (Truck) plates.
   
Sun., Aug. 8
Added images of 1961 (exp. 3-31-62), 1962, 1963, and 1964 Sightseeing Bus plates to the section of our Public Service Types page dedicated to that type as well as our page upon which plates of the 1960s are presented; posted an image of a 1964 Commercial (Truck) plate to the 1964 section of our 1960s plates page.
   
Sun., Aug. 1, 2010
Separated content about Bus and Hire (Taxi) plates from our Public Service Types page to dedicated pages and modified links on various pages accordingly; added images of 1953 (exp. 3-31-54), 1956, 1957, 1962, 1965, and 1969 Bus plates to our page dedicated to that type as well as pages upon which plates of the 1950s and 1960s are presented; separated our previous Sightseeing Bus type section on the Public Service Types page into two separate sections based upon information found to the effect that known mid-1960s plates with a BS prefix are representative of a new type created in 1957; made various edits to text and photo content about Bus plates.
   
Sat., July 24
Added images of 1954 (exp. 3-31-55), 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1967 Dealer plates to our page dedicated to that type as well as pages upon which plates of the 1950s and 1960s are presented; replaced images of a 1974 base Dealer plate on two pages with an image of a plate in better condition; added images of 1965 and 1974 Dealer registration certificates to our Dealer Plates page.
   
Sat., July 3, 2010
Added image of a 1918 motorcycle plate to the section of our 1918-1929 Plates page dedicated to that year and the Non-Passenger Plates page dedicated to that type, courtesy of Dave Lincoln; added image of a 1922 Hire (Taxi) plate to the section of our 1918-1929 Plates page dedicated to that year and the Public Service Types page dedicated to that type; added image in our DCscenes series taken by Johnny Miles of a MetroAccess van registered with Bus plates near the top of our Public Service Types page; added another image by Johnny, this one of a personalized motorcycle plate of the current base, to the appropriate section of our Non-Passenger Plates page.
   
Sun., June 27
Reorganized our Optional Plates page to provide for the addition of sections about new (Anacostia River) and forthcoming (War of 1812) unrestricted optional plates, valuable information about which has been provided by Bradley Gallagher.
   
Sat., June 12
Added images of 1966 (exp. 3-31-1967), 1967, and 1968 (undated) Reserved-Number auto plates to our page dedicated to that subject, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier; added to our 1968 Baseplate page an image showing a 1968 base in use, courtesy of the Washingtoniana Division, DC Public Library.
   
Sun., June 6, 2010
Changed and added images to the Organizational Plate Program section of our Optional Plates page, courtesy of J. Reid Williamson: Added image of a Spirit of Faith Christian Center plate and a close-up image of the logo on a Morehouse College Alumni Assn. plate; replaced existing images of D.C. Firefighters Local 36 (new style) and Fraternal Order of Police plates with better quality images.
   
Mon., May 31
Added images of 1952, 1953, and 1955 (marked "1956") motorcycle plates to the section of our Non-Passenger Plates page dedicated to that type, the 1952 and 1955 plates being courtesy of Dave Lincoln and the 1953 from Joe Sallmen; added image of a 1958 (3-31-59) Diplomatic plate provided by Charlie Gauthier to the page dedicated to that type and the 1958 section of our 1950s Plates page.
   
Mon., May 24
Modified text in the Motorcycle plate section of our Non-Passenger Plates page to reflect the April 1908 introduction of this type.
   
Wed., May 12
Made changes to the 1952 and 1953 sections of our page devoted to plates of the 1950s, including corrections and enhancements to the text and the addition of images of several plates, among them motorcycle plates of each year provided by Dave Lincoln and Joe Sallmen, respectively; posted a new page upon which is described the development of plates and tabs issued for the 1952, 1953, and 1954 registration years.
   
Sun., May 2, 2010
Added to our page devoted to Reserved-Number plates images of the 2009 and 2010 plates, the latter provided by J. Reid Williamson.
   
Fri., April 16
Added to our page dedicated to National Cherry Blossom Festival special-event plates an image of the 1972 Cherry Blossom Queen during the Pararde of Princesses, courtesy of the Washingtoniana Division, DC Public Library.
   
Wed., April 14
Added to the 1939 section of our page about 1930s plates an image of a D.C. Government-owned vehicle undergoing an inspection, courtesy of the Washingtoniana Division, DC Public Library.
   
Mon., April 12
Added to our section about 1920 plates an image of a passenger car plate that shares characteristics of 1921 plates. Photo of a plate from the collection of J. Ray Frank provided by Charlie Gauthier.
   
Sun. April 11
Added to our pages about 1950s and 1960s plates images used to introduce newspaper readers to 1957, 1959, 1960, and 1965 D.C. license plates, courtesy of the Washingtoniana Division, DC Public Library.
   
Sun., April 4
Added image of a 1932 Trailer plate to our pages devoted to that type and year, courtesy of Pete Madsen; added image of a 1958 (exp. 3-31-59) Trailer plate to our pages devoted to that type and year.
   
Fri., April 2, 2010
Added to our page about 1960s plates two images, showing 1962 (3-31-63) and 1963 plates in use, courtesy of the Washingtoniana Division, DC Public Library.
   
Fri., March 19, 2010
Added to our page about Public Service Vehicle plates images of 1959 ("3-31-60") and 1963 Livery plates; also replaced the image of a 1964 Livery plate with one of a plate in better condition; added text about the scarcity of plates of this type as well as an image of a 1964 Livery registration certificate; included aforementioned plate images on pages devoted to plates of the 1950s and 1960s.
   
Sun., Feb. 28
Added images of 1975 (exp. 3-31-1976), 1976, and 1980 Reserved-Number auto plates to our page dedicated to that subject, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier.
   
Sun., Feb. 21
Added images of 1982 (exp. 3-31-1983), 1983, and 1984 Reserved-Number auto plates to our page dedicated to that subject, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier.
   
Sun., Feb. 14
Added images of 1986 (exp. 3-31-1987), 1989, and 1990 Reserved-Number auto plates to our page dedicated to that subject, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier.
   
Wed., Feb. 10, 2009
Added images of 1992 (exp. 3-31-1993), 1995, and 1996 Reserved-Number auto plates to our page dedicated to that subject, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier.
   
Fri., Jan. 29
Added images of 1997 (exp. 3-31-1998), 1998, 1999, and 2000 Reserved-Number auto plates to our page dedicated to that subject, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier.
   
Sun., Jan. 24
Added to our page about Reserved-Number plates images of 1925, 1927, and 1933 two-digit auto plates provided by Charlie Gauthier; added these images to pages devoted to plates of the 1920s and 1930s. NOTE: During the last ten days additions to the site have been less frequent than in the recent past, and this will continue to be the case for an additional week or two while we prepare a printed version of DCplates.net. Printing of the 444 pages that comprise 71 of the site's 78 currently active pages has recently been completed, but formatting and other time-consuming tasks remain.
   
Sat., Jan. 16
Added to our page about 1991 baseplates an image taken by J. Reid Williamson of an auto plate with faded graphics; removed our separate Type Sets page by copying the images presented thereon to separate pages upon which are described 1974, 1978, and 1984 baseplates.
   
Thur., Jan. 14
Updated for the current DK series the list of two-letter prefixes, and months they were issued, at the bottom of our page devoted to the two-letter-prefix auto plates issued since April 1997; updated the table in which approximate registration number annual cutoff points are indicated on our page devoted to the current general-issue auto baseplate; added to our 2000 Baseplate page an image in our DCscenes series taken by J. Reid Williamson.
   
Wed., Jan. 13
Added to our page about D.C. plates of the 1960s images of sample plates added to a dedicated page on January 1 and 2.
   
Sun., Jan. 10
Added to our pages about D.C. plates of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s images of sample plates added to a dedicated page last week.
   
Sat., Jan. 9
Completed the present work on our Sample Plates page by adding images of 1930, 1936, 1938, 1940 (exp. 3-31-41) and 1941 plates; additional images will be added to this page as they become available.
   
Thur., Jan. 7
Added images of 1942 (exp. 3-31-43), 1949, and 1950 Sample plates to our page dedicated to that subject.
   
Wed., Jan. 6
Added images of 1951, 1952, and 1953 (exp. 3-31-54) Sample plates to our page dedicated to that subject.
   
Sun., Jan. 3
Added images of Antique Car plates with 1958 (marked "59") and 1963 tabs to our page dedicated to that type; added a table of Antique Car plate tab characterstics to the same page and made other minor edits to text describing this type; added image of 1958 Antique Car plate to our page about D.C. plates of the 1950s; added images of 1955 (exp. 3-31-56), 1958, and 1959 Sample plates to our page dedicated to that subject.
   
Sat., Jan. 2
Added to our page about the 1968 Baseplate information about the proper location for validation stickers, especially those for 1970 and 1971; added images of 1960 (exp. 3-31-61), 1961, and 1962 Sample plates to our page dedicated to that subject.
   
Fri., Jan. 1, 2010
Added images of 1963 (exp. 3-31-64), 1965, and 1966 Sample plates to our page dedicated to that subject.



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