An Illustrated History of Connecticut License Plates
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Passenger Car Gallery
Passenger 1905 – 1919
Passenger 1920 – 1929
Passenger 1930 – 1939
Passenger 1940 – 1949
Passenger 1950 – 1959
Passenger 1960 – 1969
Passenger 1970 – 1979
Passenger 1980 – 1989
Passenger 1990 – 1999
Passenger 2000 –
Low Number
Reserved Series
Vanity
Special Interest
Non-Passenger Gallery
All-Terrain
Amateur Radio
Ambulance
Apportioned
Apportioned Trailer
Boat Ramp
Bus
Camp Trailer to 1957
Camp Trailer 1958 –
Camper
Classic Vehicle
Combination 1922 to 1956
Combination 1957 –
Commercial 1914 to 1957
Commercial 1958 –
Common
Construction
Dealer All-Terrain
Dealer Motorcycle
Dealer New to 1969
Dealer New 1970 to 1989
Dealer New 1990 –
Dealer Snowmobile
Dealer Special
Dealer Used to 1969
Dealer Used 1970-1989
Dealer Used 1990 –
Dismantler
Early American
Early American Motorcycle
Error Plates
Exp. Test
Factory
Farm
Fire Apparatus
Fish
Foreign Consul
Gasoline
Handicapped
Hearse
High Mileage Veh.
Interstate
Junk
Livery
Marine Trailer
M.F.G.
Military
Miscellaneous/Local
Motorcycle
Motorcycle Sidecar
Municipal
M.V. Dept
Official
Parade
Permits
Political – State
Political – US
Postmaster
POW
Prototype
PUC
Repair 1922 to 1969
Repair 1970 to 1989
Repair 1990 –
Sample
School Bus
School Bus/Livery Bus
Service Bus
Snowmobile
Special Equipment
Sphinx
State
State Electric Vehicle
State Motorcycle
State Service Bus
Student Transport
Taxi
Temp. Metal Plates
Temp. Non-Passenger
Temp. Pass
Temp. Reg. Certificate
Toll
Trailer
Trans.
Vanpool
Veteran
Volunteer Firefighter
Wrecker
Updates
Home
Passenger Car Gallery
Passenger 1905 – 1919
Passenger 1920 – 1929
Passenger 1930 – 1939
Passenger 1940 – 1949
Passenger 1950 – 1959
Passenger 1960 – 1969
Passenger 1970 – 1979
Passenger 1980 – 1989
Passenger 1990 – 1999
Passenger 2000 –
Low Number
Reserved Series
Vanity
Special Interest
Non-Passenger Gallery
All-Terrain
Amateur Radio
Ambulance
Apportioned
Apportioned Trailer
Boat Ramp
Bus
Camp Trailer to 1957
Camp Trailer 1958 –
Camper
Classic Vehicle
Combination 1922 to 1956
Combination 1957 –
Commercial 1914 to 1957
Commercial 1958 –
Common
Construction
Dealer All-Terrain
Dealer Motorcycle
Dealer New to 1969
Dealer New 1970 to 1989
Dealer New 1990 –
Dealer Snowmobile
Dealer Special
Dealer Used to 1969
Dealer Used 1970-1989
Dealer Used 1990 –
Dismantler
Early American
Early American Motorcycle
Error Plates
Exp. Test
Factory
Farm
Fire Apparatus
Fish
Foreign Consul
Gasoline
Handicapped
Hearse
High Mileage Veh.
Interstate
Junk
Livery
Marine Trailer
M.F.G.
Military
Miscellaneous/Local
Motorcycle
Motorcycle Sidecar
Municipal
M.V. Dept
Official
Parade
Permits
Political – State
Political – US
Postmaster
POW
Prototype
PUC
Repair 1922 to 1969
Repair 1970 to 1989
Repair 1990 –
Sample
School Bus
School Bus/Livery Bus
Service Bus
Snowmobile
Special Equipment
Sphinx
State
State Electric Vehicle
State Motorcycle
State Service Bus
Student Transport
Taxi
Temp. Metal Plates
Temp. Non-Passenger
Temp. Pass
Temp. Reg. Certificate
Toll
Trailer
Trans.
Vanpool
Veteran
Volunteer Firefighter
Wrecker
Updates
Motorcycle Sidecar
Motorcycle sidecar plates first appeared in the 1916 registration books. These plates were the opposite colors of normal motorcycle plates for any given year. This type did not last very long, the series ended in 1923.
1917