"The New York legislature required vehicle registration on April 25, 1901, followed by California later that year.
" New York became the first state to require owners to register their motor vehicles with the state," says Ian Lang, senior car advice editor at via email.
The simple license plate was the solution, with a few letters and numbers stamped into a thin metal sheet to designate a car to its owner. As automobiles grew in popularity, eventually replacing the horse and buggy, state governments needed a way to keep tabs on vehicles. But every year, the number of cars was skyrocketing (by 1908, it would reach 63,500). This New Hampshire vanity license plate reads "Last Bug," fitting for the back of a VW "bug." Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Imagesīack in 1900, there were just 4,192 motor vehicles in the U.S.
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