1918 Christmas PA Auto Registration Card

[TerryB]

Hard to believe the post office would be working to postmark mail on Christmas Day but this 1918 PA auto registration card claims they were.  Merry Christmas!

 

 

 

Edited December 24, 2023 by TerryB
Better photo (see edit history)

[TerryB]

Should be noted too the maximum highway speed at this time in Pennsylvania (1919) as indicated on the back of the card is 24mph.

[CChinn]

And it will be enforced RIGIDLY!😳

Also notice that the replacement cost for a set of lost license plates is $1

[John_S_in_Penna]

On 12/24/2023 at 4:59 PM, TerryB said:

Should be noted too the maximum highway speed at this time in Pennsylvania (1919) as indicated on the back of the card is 24mph.

Yes, the Instruction Book for my Locomobile (1916)

lists the speed limits in each of the states.  In Pennsylvania,

as you note, it was 24 m.p.h. on the open road, and 12 in town.

My 1916 car's "sweet spot" for driving is understandably 25 to

35 m.p.h.

[TAKerry]

I like item #4-"any substitute plate will get you into trouble"  

I wonder what kind of trouble?

 

Maybe we should include a copy of this to all new drivers as most people on the road dont seem to have any common sense.