Re: Packard Bikes

Posted by Leeedy On 2020/4/26 20:29:31
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PackardDon wrote:
Growing up in Sacramento, CA and always having a bicycle (an Armstrong) I don't recall even needing plates but its frame number was registered.


Armstrong. Yes, have original brochures. But all we have were imported European lightweights.

Regarding licenses and policies of enforcement, every municipality was different and went in whatever direction they chose. However, during the classic bicycle era (1920-1965) in the USA, most had metal bicycle license plates.

But keep in mind that the policies and procedures varied from city to city and year to year. I will look the next time I have a chance to see if I can find any in my collection from Sacramento. They had some once upon a time.

I do know that many cities that used metal license plates reverted to thick cardboard paper license plates during WW2 when metal was precious and hard to get (yes, I have some of these). And prewar, there were other practices too. During the 1930s, Kansas City (for example) issued stamped metal tags on a metal cable that was sealed/affixed to your bicycle frame (yesss, I also have some of these).

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