General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal (steel ?)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

30.6 cm

Width

15.2 cm

Height

1.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Accessories

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This plate used before 1995.

Canada

Plate issued to National Museum of Science & Technology for temporary use on vehicles acquired for artifact collection.

Function

To identify vehicle as property of a registered automobile dealer [or equivilant agency].

Technical

Prior to Dec. 2004 yellow plates like this example were known as a Dealer/Service plate. In 2004 a special plate exclusively for use by dealers was issued; existing service facilities continued to use their yellow plates. New style dealer plates are black on white, with red embossed dealer registration characters printed in red and "DEALER" printed vertically in black on left side of plate.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"331 [crown motif] DCY/ ONTARIO" appears in raised print on plate face. "ONT/ NOV/ 94/ 1748957X" printed on licence renewal sticker fixed to upper right corner of plate face.

Missing

None.

Finish

Black raised text, crown emblem & border on yellow background on front; solid black on reverse. Off-white and black decal applied to upper right corner of plate front.

Decoration

Stylized crown motif appears in centre of plate face.