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Prototypes
| New Mexico’s
license plates from 1912 through 1933, and from 1999 to present, were made by commercial companies
from whom bids were solicited for the manufacture of each year’s
plates. Along with their bids, these companies often submitted
prototype plates in order that state officials could see what the
finished product would look like. Shown first on this page are three
early examples
of such prototypes, from the years 1927, 1931 and 1932. The 1931 was
made by the S.G. Adams Company of St. Louis, Missouri, as shown by its
logo on the back. The companies which made the other two have not been
identified. Following the early prototypes are seen a number of
prison-made examples from 1973 to 1975. All of the remainder, excepting
the two from 1977, are from unknown manufacturers and time periods, but
are believed to be from the 1990s. |
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| 1931 and 1932 courtesy Jim Gummoe, U9V-0W0 courtesy Phil Hill. State Police motorcycle courtesy Jeff Francis. All others by Bill Johnston. |
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