Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Lon Butler poses with Isabel and Allyne who hold models of the license plates. Photograph appears with the article, "State Prepares to Register 1,218,166 Vehicles in County," Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec 1938: 7. An expected total of 1,218,166 vehicles will be registered in LA County in 1939, including 1,107,616 pleasure cars, 54,776 trucks, 51,350 trailers and 4400 motorcycles. These new plates will be blue with gold letters instead of the previous yellow and black. Text from negative sleeve: 15152 - Isabel Niles Lon W. Butler Allyne Pyle Auto Plates TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT 12-7-38 Handwritten on negative: L2R Isabel Niles Lon W. Butler Allyne Pyle 12/7/38 938 Text from newspaper caption: Isabel Niles, left, Lon W. Butler and Allyne Pyle look over stacks of auto plates.
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uclamss_1429_11866 ark:/21198/zz002h8qb6
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License plates--Califronia Niles, Georgia Isabel, 1912-1995 California. Dept. of Motor Vehicles Butler, Lon W Pyle, Allyne
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