Updating Eric Taylor’s Census of Long Island Motor Parkway License Plates
For several years, Eric Taylor has been documenting existing Long Island Motor Parkway license plates on his website page Long Island Motor Parkway Porcelain Census . Here are four new plates to add to Eric's census and five missing and color-correct plate images:
New Motor Parkway Plates for the Census
This 1928 plate was one of four #25 plates issued to the National Highway Association, which promoted good highways.
1929 Plate
1934 Plates
Missing Images and Color Correct-Plates for the Census
1931 Plates
1932 Plates- Likely originally owned by one driver with two automobiles
1937 plate issued to William K. Vanderbilt Jr. currently owned by the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum
From 1912 to 1937, an estimated 7,400 Long Island Motor Parkway license plates were manufactured including 6,700 regular plates and 700 golf club plates. Here are the known surviving plates. If you have a Motor Parkway plate that is not listed, please send a jpeg to me at [email protected] .
Motor Parkway License Plate Census- Updated: April 27, 2016
......... Regular Color.........
...........Combo...............# Known Quantity
1912....White & Red..................................0
1913....White/Blue....................................0
1914....Red/White.....................................0
1915.....Black/Yellow.................................0
1916.....Yellow/Black.................................0
1917.....Black/White..................................0
1918.....White/Blue....................................1
1919.....Brown/White.................................0
1920.....Yellow/Black.................................0
1921.....Black/Green..................................0
1922.....Unknown.......................................0
1923.....White/Blue....................................0
1924.....Red/White....................................3
1925.....Blue/Gray.....................................1
1926.....Green/White................................ 1
1927.....Orange/Blue.................................1
1928.....Red/White....................................8
1928.....Yellow/Green (Golf).....................2
1929.....Black/White............................... .6
1929.....Blue/White (Golf)..........................2
1930.....Red/White....................................8
#25 belonged to the National Highway Association
1930.....Black/Yellow (Golf) ......................1
1931.....Red/White.....................................11
1931.....Blue/White (Golf)..........................1
1932.....White/Black..................................11
#158 belonged to E.F. Hutton
1932.....White/Green (Golf)........................2
1933.....White/Orange................................3
1934.....Blue/White....................................8
1935.....Black /Red....................................3
#1 belonged to stockbroker Joseph Grier
1937.....Blue/White....................................7
#100 belonged to William K.Vanderbilt, Jr.
_____________________________________________
............Total............................................80
Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway License Plates
Article “The License Plates of the Vanderbilt Long Island Motor Parkway”
Insight Into Long Island Motor Parkway License Plates
Index: Archives on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
Comments