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Site Activity Log for 2013

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Fri., Nov. 29 Added images of a 1959 Imperial provided by Johnny Miles to our page about antique car and historic motor vehicle plates, and an image of a truck crane with a 2012-13 permit of that type also taken by Johnny to our page dedicated to annual special permits.
   
Thurs., Nov. 28 Integrated information provided by Brad Gallagher over the past several months: modified the explanation near the top of our C-series passenger car plates page to provide an alternate and likely reason as to why the CL series was skipped; added to the D.C. Government section of our page dedicated to plates used on government-owned vehicles information about five-number plates now being issued; added to our page about E-series auto plates information about periods during which plates of the EH through EM series were issued; added a reference to colors of the 2013-14 dealer plate to our page dedicated to that type; about the switch from WASHINGTON, DC to DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA on general-issue auto plates added information about the timing and registration number cutoff point to the section of our 2000 baseplate page devoted to such changes.
   
Sat., Nov. 9, 2013 Added to our organizational plates page an image of the Florida A&M University plate provided by Brad Gallagher; images of the Porsche Club of America and Washington Nationals plates submitted by Johnny Miles; information about the Washington Nationals plate as well as the most recent design to be introduced, the Childrens First Foundation plate.
   
Mon., Sept. 2, 2013 Added near the bottom of our page about the 2000 baseplate information about the switch from WASHINGTON, DC to DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
   
Thurs., Aug. 29, 2013 Added near the top of our page about the 2000 baseplate an image provided by Johnny Miles of a general-issue passenger car plate that reflects the change from WASHINGTON, DC to DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, information about which will be added soon.
   
Sun., June 9 Added at the bottom of our page about personalized plates an image (which viewers may click on for a larger view) of a recently-made plate with DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA instead of WASHINGTON, D.C., courtesy of Johnny Miles; adjusted issuance month data on our page about E-series general-issue auto plates based upon information received from Bradley Gallagher.
   
Sat., June 8 Reconfigured our coverage of auto plates with two-letter prefixes issued since April 1997 by segregating plates of different letter series on separate pages; added to three of the new pages images of plates of many series missing from our previous single-page coverage of this subject; added to the new pages images of general-issue auto plates in use.
   
Sun., June 2, 2013 Updated to our page comprised of images of one or two auto plates for each year since 1918 to include images of plates issued since 2010.
   
Sun., May 26 Added to our page comprised of photographs of auto plates with two-letter prefixes examples of AW- and DE-series plates.
   
Sat., May 25 Reorganized our presidential inaugural plates content onto separate pages by era that are reached from a new introductory page that includes summary information about each of four eras; added to our page about recent inaugural plates information about and images of 2013 inaugural plates, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier.
   
Sun., May 5, 2013 Added to our page about the 1974 baseplate information about the council's approval of the bicentennial design in late 1972.
   
Sun., Apr. 28, 2013 Added to the 1937 section of our page about 1930s plates information about the late 1936 registration renewal season.
   
Sat., Mar. 23 Added to our pages about bus and 1940s plates an image provided by Frankie Sutera of a 1946 (exp. 3-31-47) bus plate.
   
Thurs., Mar. 14, 2013 Added to our home and low-number plates pages an image of the 2013 reserved-number plate provided by Johnny Miles; replaced the image of a 1933 presidential inaugural plate on our page dedicated to that special-event type with an image of a plate in better condition, courtesy of Charlie Gauthier.
   
Fri., Feb. 1, 2013 Added to our page about Truck plates a 1938 image of a Dodge truck provided by Charlie Gauthier; added to the bottom of our Dealer Plates page images of two additional dealer nameplates, also courtesy of Charlie.
   
Sun., Jan. 27 Added a new page upon which is addressed the spring 1947 development of 1948 D.C. license plates.
   
Fri., Jan. 25 Added to our page about Office of Foreign Missions Plates images of 2007 base diplomatic staff motorcycle and OAS representative plates, as well as the colors of the 2012 (exp. 2013) plate validation decal, courtesy of Johnny Miles.
   
Mon., Jan. 21 Added a new page upon which is addressed the development of 1943 (marked "44") and 1944 ("45") plate validation tabs.
   
Sun., Jan. 20 Updated our page about the current (2000) baseplate with an estimate of general-issue registration numbers assigned during 2012.
   
Sat., Jan. 19 Added to our page about Dealer Plates an image of the 2012-13 plate provided by Johnny Miles; replaced the image of a 2005-06 dealer plate on the same page with a better quality image of a different example from that year; replaced the image of a St. John's College plate on our page about Organizational Plates with an image of a plate that, unlike the previous image, is not surrounded by a large frame, courtesy of Bradley Gallagher.
   
Fri., Jan. 18, 2013
Modified our page about Presidential Inaugural plates to accommodate information about 2013 special event plates of this type as soon as it becomes available.
   


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