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Plate, License

Object Name:
Plate, License
Object ID:
2012.043.033
Place of Origin:
Concord, NH
Date:
1943
Description:
License plate, New Hampshire passenger car. Embossed steel. Horizontal rectangle with rounded corners. Cream on green: "95-640" in center, "NH-42-43" centered at top, covered by a metal renewal strip, embossed with "NH 43". Renewal srip green on cream. Tied with string to plate through the top two slots of plate and two side slots of renewal strip, covering the orginal "NH-42-43". Thin cream outline around plate. Round hole in each corner. Two horizontal slots at top and bottom. Reverse: green.
Material:
Metal
Steel
Dimensions:
H-6.1 W-13.7 inches
Provenance:
One of 771 New Hampshire license plates bequeathed by Stanley A. Hamel (1927-2012) of Seabrook, NH, who was a member of the NH House of Representatives, 1965-75, and chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Stanley A. Hamel
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