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It should be noted that the state first issued plates in 1906, and plates from 1906 thru 1909 were assigned to the driver rather than the vehicle. The first year that registrations were issued was 1903, done by counties and a few individual cities. To see these earlier plates, see "Pre-State".

A big thank you to Eric Tanner's "All About License Plates website for a lot of the information presented on these Passenger pages.

1906 - 1909

1906

Notes	Number Plate	Personalized Plate	Sample Plate
Observed serial range: 1 - 13968 Plates measure: - 1 - 99: 6" x 7" - 100 - 999: 6 1/2" x 7" - 1000 - 9999: 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" - 10000 - 99999: 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" Manufactured by Ingram-Richardson ("Ing-Rich") of Beaver Falls, PA Issued in pairs Colors: white on dark blue Plate numbers 1 - 99 have "PENNA" and "1906" to the right, all other numbers have "PENNA" and "1906" at the top Plate numbers from about 11516 and up have longer strap/bolt slots (see #11516 to the right) More information about the pair of #6 plates pictured: These #6 plates are the oldest surviving state-issued Pennsylvania plates known to exist. It all started off by getting an email from the then-owner of this plate pair in Florida. Unfortunately I no longer have his name. The story he related to me at the time was that many years ago his father picked up these plates at an antique dealer in Quakertown (PA). I don't know what he paid for them. Eventually the plates went to the son in Florida who decided he wanted to sell or auction them. He contacted me to see if there was a way to look up who the original owner was. Thru the help if fellow ALPCA member Jake Eckenrode, it was determined that the plates were issued to a Charles Henry Nadig of Allentown. The Nadig family were Swiss immigrants with a flare for creating some of the earliest horseless carriages. In fact Henry Nadig is credited in a Wiki article that one of his vehicles may be the oldest American made gasoline powered automobile that still exists. There were other Nadig generations in this family such as Henry Charles Nadig. So the plates were auctioned and as I recall fetched $21,000 thru an auction run by ALPCA member Jeff Minard. Since that time the plates have been separated. I recall seeing one of these plates in person at the ALPCA convention in Erie in 2009.	6" x 7" Via John McDevitt Via John McDevitt From Bill Krellner 6 1/2" x 7" From Tim Gierschick 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" From Tim Gierschick From Tim Gierschick 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" From Tim Gierschick From Tim Gierschick	Not offered on this format	Not offered on this format

1907

Notes	Number Plate	Personalized Plate	Sample Plate
Observed serial range: 1 - 19751 Plates measure: - 1 - 99: 6" x 7" - 100 - 999: 6 1/2" x 7" - 1000 - 9999: 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" - 10000 - 99999: 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" Manufactured by Ingram-Richardson ("Ing-Rich") of Beaver Falls, PA Issued in pairs Colors: white on red	6" x 7" From Eric Tanner From Bill Krellner 6 1/2" x 7" From John Willard & John Anshant 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" From Eric Conner 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" From Worthpoint	Not offered on this format	Not offered on this format

1908

Notes	Number Plate	Personalized Plate	Sample Plate
Observed serial range: 1 - 25054 Plates measure: - 1 - 99: 6" x 7" - 100 - 999: 6 1/2" x 7" - 1000 - 9999: 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" - 10000 - 99999: 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" Manufactured by Ingram-Richardson ("Ing-Rich") of Beaver Falls, PA Issued in pairs Colors: black on yellow	6" x 7" From Tim Gierschick 6 1/2" x 7" From Tim Gierschick 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" From unknown 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" From Don Bucchi	Not offered on this format	Not offered on this format

1909