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Indiana License Plates 1950-1959

Beginning in 2008, Hoosiers will be able to plate an antique vehicle with an antique license plate issued by the BMV in the year that their vehicle was manufactured.

To view other historic Indiana license plates, please select a decade from the list below:

1950

Background: Black

Letters: Gold

Number issued: Not available

Indiana license plates were issued with only numerals until 1950, when a prefix consisting of two alpha characters was assigned, with "AA" through "AY" for Marion County, all the way through "ZX" through "ZZ" for Miami County.

  

1951

Background: White

Letters: Black

Number issued: Not available

  

1952

Background: Yellow

Letters: Black

Number issued: Not available

The 1952 issuance was a tab placed over the 1951 license plate in an effort to conserve metal.

  

1953

Background: Green

Letters: Black

Number issued: 1,332,132

In 1953, Hoosiers were again asked to bolt a tab over the 1951 license plate.

  

1954

Background: Reddish-brown

Letters: White

Number issued: Not available

  

1955

Background: Red

Letters: White

Number issued: Not available

The 1955 tab was placed over the 1954 license plate.

  

1956

Background: Blue

Letters: Yellow

Number issued: Not available

  

1957

Background: Yellow

Letters: Blue

Number issued: Not available

  

1958

Background: Dark blue

Letters: Gold

Number issued: Not available

  

1959

Background: Yellow

Letters: Blue

Number issued: Not available

  

 

Some license plate images presented with the assistance of the Jacob A. Newkirk Historic License Plate Collection.


 
 
 
 
 
 
All Indiana license branches will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2008. Full service license branches will resume regular business hours on Saturday, July 5, at 8:30 a.m.

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