Thur., Dec. 31

Inventoried our 78 current pages and updated their copyright notices for the new year. One year ago DCplates.net was comprised of 66 pages.

Wed., Dec. 30

Added images of 1967 (exp. 3-31-68), 1968, and 1969 Sample plates to our new page dedicated to that subject.

Mon., Dec. 28

Launched our newest page, which features information about and images of Sample license plates, even though we presently have 24 additional plates of which we will add images in the coming weeks.

Thur., Dec. 25

Began creating a new page upon which will be shown Washington, D.C. sample license plates. This new page has not yet been integrated into the site, but for a sneak preview, click here.

Wed., Dec. 24

Added to our page about optional plates images taken by J. Reid Williamson of two City Bicentennial plates in use, as well as sample passenger and personalized City Bicentennial plates.

Tue., Dec. 23

Added to our page devoted to truck and trailer plate types an image of an Apportioned plate in the current flat style that was photographed recently by Andrew Pang; added to our page about plates used on government-owned vehicles an image taken by J. Reid Williamson of a relatively new, flat Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) plate, and replaced existing images of a slightly older, embossed WASA plate and a close-up of this graphic plate's logo with better images of those subjects, also provided by Mr. Williamson.

Mon., Dec. 21

Completed proofreading and making minor chages to our page upon which our estimates of registration numbers assigned from 1907 through 1917 are presented.

Sun., Dec. 20

Proofread and made minor changes to our page devoted to the pre-1918 era; began proofreading and making minor chages to our page upon which our estimates of registration numbers assigned from 1907 through 1917 are presented.

Sun., Dec. 13

Added to our page about license plate stickers a new image of a 2010 example provided by Andrew Pang; concluded work on new Capital Traffic gallery described in Nov. 26 entry by completing page five; began integrating the DCplates.net logo into the information at the bottom of each page as pages are revised.

Sat., Dec. 12, 2009

Continued to work on new Capital Traffic gallery described in Nov. 26 entry: completed page four.

Sun., Nov. 29

Continued to work on new Capital Traffic gallery described in Nov. 26 entry: completed page three; modified the Capital Traffic home page to reflect the new gallery, including links to the completed pages.

Sat., Nov. 28

Continued to work on new Capital Traffic gallery described in Nov. 26 entry: completed page two; added vehicle data provided by Mike Hart to page one.

Fri., Nov. 27

Continued to work on new Capital Traffic gallery described in yesterday's entry; completed page one and began page two.

Thur., Nov. 26

Began creating the first in a series of five pages that will feature photographs by Johnny Miles of exotic and unusal cars registered in the District of Columbia. This new section has not yet been integrated into the site, but for a sneak preview of page one (which still is incomplete), click here.

Sun., Nov. 22

Added to our page about Presidential Inaugural special event plates images of 1933 restricted area vehicle access passes, courtesy of Skip Lackie; also images of 1965 and 1985 inaugural plate order forms.

Sun., Nov. 15

Added several images taken by J. Reid Williamson to our new page dedicated to special D.C. plates issued to elected officials.

Wed., Nov. 11

Added images of 1948, 1949, 1950, and 1951 reserved-number auto plates provided by Charlie Gauthier to our pages dedicated to low-number plates and plates of the 1940s and 1950s.

Sat., Nov. 7

Added text and image content to the new page referenced in the previous two entries; linked this page into the remainder of the site. The two photographs added today were taken by J. Reid Williamson.

Tue., Nov. 3

Continued to work on our new page referenced in the Nov. 1 entry. Although this page is not yet live on the site, click here for a sneak preview. More text and photogrpahs will be added to this page in the near future. Images of a Mercedes-Benz parked in front of the District Building were taken by J. Reid Williamson, and c.2001 images of elected official plates in use were taken by Andrew Apgar.

Sun., Nov. 1, 2009

Began preparing a page that will be dedicated to special D.C. plates issued to elected officials, such as members of the Council. This page is not yet online.

Thur., Oct. 29

Updated our page dedicated to auto plates with two-letter prefixes issued since April 1997 to include references to plates issued so recently that we do not yet have a photograph of them.

Sun., Oct. 18

Added a third page to our Capital Traffic Today photo gallery, comprised of photographs taken by J. Reid Williamson.

Tue., Oct. 13

Added to our page about Office of Foreign Missions license plates two images of plates in use taken by J. Reid Williamson; made changes to the first paragraph of the section of our Optional Plates page devoted to City Bicentennial plates in order to clarify our beliefs as to this plate's period of availability.

Sun., Oct. 11

Added to our Reserved-Number Plates page information obtained from 1930 and 1934 newspaper articles provided by Eric Tanner about the numbering of 1928-1930 all-number plates and individuals to whom some of them were assigned.

Sat., Oct. 10

Added to our Reserved-Number Plates page and certain sections of our 1918-1929 Plates page information obtained from a 1929 newspaper article provided by Eric Tanner about the numbering of 1928-1930 all-number plates and individuals to whom some of them were assigned.

Thur., Oct. 8

Added to our Reserved-Number Plates page and the 1922 section of our 1918-1929 Plates page information obtained from a 1921 newspaper article provided by Eric Tanner about low-number 1922 passenger car plates.

Tue., Oct. 6

Added explanatory text about the purpose of black-on-white porcelain permits previously identified as simply "Vendor" on our page dedicated to miscellaneous permits based upon a 1910 Washington Post article provided by Eric Tanner; resumed work on an additional page for the modern section of our Capital Traffic gallery (that we last worked on in June 2008).

Sun., Oct. 4, 2009

Added a new page to the site on the subject of registration reciprocity (and the lack thereof) between the District of Columbia and Maryland; cross-referenced the new page in various places on the site.

Sun., Sept. 27

Made additions and changes to text about the pre-1918 era, most notably the addition of a new section in which the period of Jan. 1901 through Aug. 1903 is discussed, and three new paragraphs (the second through fourth paragraphs of the section entitled "The First Motor Vehicle Law") about spring 1903 occurrences that led to the first motor vehicle registration law taking effect in August 1903.

Sun., Sept. 20

Added image of an 82nd Congress permit to our page dedicated to that permit type, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier; added images of two HMV plates in use provided by Johnny Miles to our Antique Car and Historic Motor Vehicle plates page; added images of 1984 and 2007 base Office of Foreign Missions plates provided by J. Reid Williamson to our page dedicated to that plate type.

Fri., Sept. 18

Completed the table of two-letter Office of Foreign Missions plate codes begun on Sept. 14.

Mon., Sept. 14

Created a new page upon which we are constructing a table of two-letter codes that appear on Office of Foreign Missions license plates issued by the U.S. Department of State.

Sun., Sept. 13, 2009

Made revisions to our page on the subject of plate numbers assigned from 1907 through 1917, including the addition of version no. 9 of our table of numbers estimated to have been assigned annually. This concludes our work on the estimation of numbers assigned annually prior to 1918 until registration numbers or new data are brought to our attention that causes us to revise our estimates. DCplates.net thanks Eric Tanner for his collaboration on this project.

Added to our home page on the subject of Permits and Sample Plates references to U.S. Government and OFM Diplomatic plates, and a separate page upon which we have addressed OFM Diplomatic plates although this page is not yet complete: photographs and two-letter country code data will be added soon; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture plate photo courtesy of David R. Wilson.

Tue., Aug. 25

Made revisions to the 1915 and 1916 sections of our page on the subject of plate numbers assigned annually from 1907 through 1917 in order to make this confusing subject more clear.

Sun., Aug. 23

Made numerous changes to the 1915, 1916, and 1917 sections of our page on the subject of plate numbers assigned annually from 1907 through 1917, and posted version no. 8 of our table of numbers estimated to have been assigned annually.

Tue., Aug. 18

Made a number of changes to data provided on our page on the subject of plate numbers assigned annually from 1907 through 1917, including version no. 7 of our table of numbers estimated to have been assigned annually.

Mon., Aug. 17

Began making changes to data about non-resident registrations issued from Feb. 1913 through June 1915 provided on our page on the subject of plate numbers assigned annually from 1907 through 1917, including version no. 7 of our table of numbers estimated to have been assigned annually, which will be posted to the site when all of the changes have been documented, which we hope will be tomorrow or later this week.

Sun., Aug. 9, 2009

Added an image of a low-number 1964 (exp. 3-31-1965) auto plate to our pages dedicated to 1960-1967 Plates and Reserved-Number Plates; replaced the image of a 2008 plate on our page upon which is pictured an auto plate of every year since 1918 with a better image.

Sat., July 25

Added images of 1959 (marked 3-31-60) Trailer and 1963 (3-31-64) Dealer plates to sections dedicated to those types.

Fri., July 24

Added images of 1961 (marked 3-31-62), 1965 (3-31-66), and 1973 (3-31-74) Hire (Taxi) plates to the section of our Public Service Types page dedicated to that type.

Mon., July 20

Added information to our page about Dealer license plates about how 1919 was the first year for this type based upon an August 4, 1918, Washington Post article provided by Eric Tanner.

Sun., July 19

Made a number of changes to data provided on our page on the subject of plate numbers assigned annually from 1907 through 1917, including version no. 6 of our table of numbers estimated to have been assigned annually; added a new section to our Non-Passenger Plates page for a newly-discovered type: Temporary Motorcycle; added an image of an MP-prefix Police Motorcycle plate to our section devoted to that type.

Fri., July 17

Added image of a 1961 (exp. 3-31-62) Bus plate to the section of our Public Service Types page dedicated to that type; replaced the 1965 (exp. 3-31-66) base of the same type, which was unused, with an image of a used example.

Thur., July 16

Added images of 1969 (marked "1970") and 1974 (marked "EXP-3-31-75") motorcycle plates to the section of our Non-Passenger Plates page dedicated to that type; also replaced the image of a 1962 ("1963") cycle plate on the same page with an image of a plate in better condition; added an image of a 1962 (dated "3-31-63") Livery plate to the section of our Public Service Types page dedicated to that type.

Tue., July 14

Added images of three 1952 auto plates, including a reserved-number plate, to the 1952 section of our page devoted to 1950s plates; also added the reserved plate image to our page dedicated to that subject.

Mon., July 13

Added images of CD- and CE-series auto plates to our page dedicated to plates issued since 1997.

Sun., July 12

Added images of BY-, CA-, and CB-series auto plates to our page dedicated to plates issued since 1997.

Tue., July 7, 2009

Added images of BH-, BT-, and BX-series auto plates to our page dedicated to plates issued since 1997.

Sun., June 28

Made relatively minor edits and format changes to text on our pages devoted to auto plates issued since 1997 and from 1903 through 1917.

Sun., May 31

Posted a revised version of our page on the subject of plate numbers assigned annually from 1907 through 1917, with relatively minor changes made throughout, most notably in an allocation of fiscal 1914 and 1915 non-resident registrations between full-size and motorcycle plates; added to our page about Presidential Inaugural plates an image of a plate marked PIC 2009, made for members of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier,

Thur., May 21

Added an image of a low-number 1965 (exp. 3-31-1966) auto plate to our pages dedicated to 1960-1967 Plates and Reserved-Number Plates; added an image of a 1973 (exp. 3-31-1974) truck plate to our page dedicated to that type.

Tue., May 19

Added at the bottom of our page dedicated to the 1984 Base information about how the location of non-embossed features can vary on plates not made with reflective sheeting that includes graphics printed by the manufacturer (3M Corp.); replaced the image of the 2008 base low-number plate previously shown on our Reserved-Number Plates page with a plate in better condition.

Mon., May 18

Added an image of HMV plate no. 51 to the section of our Antique Car and Historic Motor Vehicle Plates page dedicated to that type; replaced the image of the 1984 base personalized plate previously shown on our Type Sets and Personalized Plates pages with a plate in better condition.

Mon., May 11

Added an image of a BU-series auto plate to our page dedicated to plates issued since 1997.

Sun., May 3, 2009

Added to the Motorcycle Plates section of our Pre-1918 Plates page a quote from an Automobile Board report confirming that cycle plates of this era were made in a vertical format; added near the bottom of the same page a section about duplicate porcelain plates issued from (at least) July 1909 through Dec. 1917; added the results of our analysis of non-resident registration transactions of Feb.-June 1913 to the page where we present our estimates of plate numbers assigned annually from 1907 through 1917

Sun., April 26

Added to the Organizational Plates section of our Optional Plates page an image of a North Carolina A&T State University Alumni plate photographed by J. Reid Williamson; also added to the bottom of the same page an image in our DCscenes series of the vehicle upon which the N.C. A&T plate is displayed.

Thur., April 23

Completed proofreading and making corresponding edits to our page on the subject of plate numbers assigned annually from 1907 through 1917.

Tue., April 21

Began proofreading and making corresponding edits to the page where we present our estimates of plate numbers assigned annually from 1907 through 1917 (which is referenced in the entry immediately below).

Mon., April 20

Completed and posted analysis to estimate how many of the 820 government-owned vehicles registered between 1907 and 1917 and for which the type of plate issued is unknown may have been registered with motorcycle plates; modified most data and our estimate of plate numbers assigned annually (now version #3) to reflect this analysis.

Thur., April 16

Added to our Non-Passenger Plates page and the 1933 section of our page dedicated to 1930s Plates an image provided by Bill Blalock and Charlie Gauthier of a 1933 motorcycle plate; added near the top of our Government-Owned Types page an image of a city-owned truck taken by J. Reid Williamson.

Mon., April 13

Added images of the 2008-09 Dealer plate to our page dedicated to that type, courtesy of J. Reid Williamson; updated text on various pages to include 2009 passenger plate data.

Sun., April 12

Added images taken recently by J. Reid Williamson: three sets of images of low-number plates (142, 201, and 763) have been added to our photo gallery page of reserved-number plates in use; the new (2009-10) reserved-number plate is now shown on our page dedicated to plates of that type; a 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial inaugural plate in use now appears at the bottom of the 2009 section of our Presidential Inaugural special-event plates page.

Sun., April 5

Added to our page about 1907-1917 registration number assignments text in which our analysis of calendar year 1915, 1916, and 1917 activity is described; also posted verion #2 of our 1907-1917 registration number assignment table due to the discovery of a math error in our analysis underlying the data.

Wed., April 1, 2009

Added to our page devoted to Optional Plates a 1991 or 1992 photograph of an early City Bicentennial plate in use; replaced an image of an improperly-stickered 1984 base motorcycle plate that appeared on our Non-Passenger Plates and Type Set pages (it was missing a month sticker) with a used plate that includes the proper month and year stickers.

Tue., March 31

Completed proofreading and making corresponding edits to our two pages about pre-1918 registrations and license plates referenced in the March 29 entry.

Mon., March 30

Began proofreading and making corresponding edits to our two pages about pre-1918 registrations and license plates referenced in the entry immediately below.

Sun., March 29

Posted to a new page devoted to our estimates of registration numbers assigned annually during the porecelain era, from Oct. 1907 through Dec. 1917, a table in which the estimates are shown and text describing the estimates for 1907 through 1914. A discussion of assumptions relevant to 1915, 1916, and 1917 will be forthcoming. The analysis shown on this new page, and the other upon which we address pre-1918 pates, has been the focus of our work for the past several months.

Sun., March 22

Replaced almost completely the existing text on our Pre-1918 Plates that addresses the prestate era with new, more detailed information about this period.

Mon., March 16

Modified text on our Pre-1918 Plates page, most notably in the addition of the section entitled Introduction to the Registration of Vehicles in the "Oct. 1907-Dec. 1917: The Porcelain Era" section.

Sun., March 8

Added an image of a 90th Congress permit to our page dedicated to that permit type, and 1925 Motorcycle plate to our Non-Passenger plates page, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier; added an image of a passenger plate issued during 2006 to the appropriate space on our Year-By-Year Guide to D.C. Plates page.

Fri., March 6

Added images of AC- and AV-series auto plates to our page dedicated to plates issued since 1997.

Sun. March 1, 2009

Added to the 2009 section of our Presidential Inaugural special-event plates page additional information about and images of the Hunter/MVLS design, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier.

Fri., Feb. 20

Added to the Police section of our Government-Owned Types page a c.1950 image of a Metropolitan Police Dept. tow truck in front of the Capitol; added to the 1934 section of our page dedicated to 1930s Plates an image of a passenger car parked on a hillside; added an image of a 91st Congress permit to our page dedicated to that permit type; all of today's additions courtesy of Charlie Gauthier.

Mon., Feb. 16

Added to our page dedicated to Pre-1918 Plates an image of a porcelain motorcycle plate that recently was offered in an online auction.

Sun., Feb. 15

Added to the 2009 section of our page about Presidential Inaugural special-event plates page images of both styles of plates, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier; also reversed order of sections in which the 2009 plates are described.

Sun., Feb. 8

Almost completely replaced the introductory text on our page dedicated to Presidential Inaugural special-event plates, with the assistance of Charlie Gauthier, to more clearly indicate what constitutes a plate of this type; adjusted quantities of existing 1933-1957 inaugural plates based upon data provided by Charlie; made other relatively minor edits and corrections to text throughout this page.

Thur., Feb. 5

Modified text in the 1923 and 1924 sections of our page dedicated to 1918-1929 D.C. plates to indicate the correct color of 1924 plates, dates that plates of each year were first available to motorists, and that 1923, as suspected, was indeed the first year for which plates numbered above 99-999 both were needed and were procured from the manufacturer, all of this information being taken from two mid-1923 newspaper articles provided by Eric Tanner.

Tue., Feb. 3

Added to our page on Presidential Inaugural plates a section about plates used during the 2009 inaugural, and also made significant changes to our 2005 section, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier. More changes will be made to this page within the next week.

Sun., Feb. 1, 2009

Adjusted text in the 1931 section of our page dedicated to plates of the 1930s to indicate the existence of auto plates with a P prefix based upon information provided by Pete Madsen; adjusted data in our table of security marks observed on the 1984 ("Capital City") base to indicate a plate with an "86" security mark and a lower number than had been previously reported based upon information provided by Christopher Jackson; added to the security marks section an explanation of the four-character production date codes on marks that appear on D.C plates issued from Aug. 1991 through Nov. 2000 as documented by George Balsamo in the August 2008 issue of PLATES Magazine, official publication of the Auto License Plate Collectors Assn. (A.L.P.C.A.).

Sun., Jan. 18

Added to the 1931 section of our page dedicated to plates of the 1930s low-number 1931 Passenger, Dealer, and Rental plates; also added the two non-passenger plates to pages upon which each type is addressed.

Fri., Jan. 16

Replaced 1923 and 1924 plates on our Year-By-Year Guide to D.C. Plates page with examples in better condition than had previously been featured; added these two new plates to appropriate sections of our page dedicated to 1918-1929 D.C. plates; replaced 1927 auto plate no. S 90 on our Year-By-Year Guide to D.C. Plates page with no. S-5-042 because the latter is more appropriately compared to the other 1927 plate shown, no. G-5593.

Thur., Jan. 15

Added to our page dedicated to license plates of the 1940s an image of a 1942 plate in use.

Tue., Jan. 13

Added to our page dedicated to Pre-1918 Plates two images brought to our attention by Dick Yourga of an accident scene in which vehicles with D.C. porcelain plates numbered 24 and 26 are visible; added image of a c.1916 porcelain plate to this page and replaced the late-style porcelain plate on our Year-By-Year Guide to D.C. Plates page with the same plate (no. 44563); replaced 1921 and 1922 plates on our Year-By-Year Guide to D.C. Plates page with plates in better condition than those that had previously been featured, and also added these two plates to appropriate sections of our page dedicated to 1918-1929 D.C. plates.

Wed., Jan. 7

In conducting research on our behalf in conjunction with our work on early D.C. license plates, Charlie Gauthier has been kind enough to provide to us two wonderful images, from 1913 and 1916, taken by Evening Star Automobile Editor Howard Fisk that now appear on our page dedicated to Pre-1918 plates.

Sun., Jan. 4, 2009

Replaced all existing text on our page dedicated to Pre-1918 plates with text researched and written since Dec. 25; began the preparation of a page upon which will be discussed in detail our estimates as to which registration numbers may have been assigned annually from Oct. 1907 through Dec. 1917 (which is not yet online); added the word Prestate to the Glossary.