I couldn't have been more than ten or eleven year's old the day I was walking down Washington Street in Norwood, MA and saw a display of old Massachusetts license plates in the front window of an insurance office. There was just something about them. From that moment on I was infatuated with old license plates and soon I was trolling flea markets, swap meets, garage sales and antique stores adding to my collection. My collection grew as I grew and by my late teens I had plates from just about everywhere. 

Then I joined the navy. My collection was packed away in boxes and all but forgotten. For nearly ten years my plates didn't see the light of day. Then one day I was standing in an antique store in Payson, AZ and spotted an old license plate hanging on the wall. It wasn't expensive so for old time's sake I decided to buy it. While I was standing at the register a man standing next to me (Bob Bennett, ALPCA #1057) asked if I collected license plates. I told him yes and he asked me if I belonged to ALPCA. I had no idea what ALPCA meant so he told me that it was the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association and that it was a great organization to belong to if one collected plates. I gave him my address and he sent me an application and soon-there-after I was actively collecting again. Over the next fifteen or so years my collecting intensity varied (mainly to coincide with marriage, children, jobs and the other important things that displace hobbies) but I still "collect" what I can, when I can.   

These days I basically concentrate on early American plates, especially the porcelain enameled ones from New England because they were the ones I loved the most when I was a kid. I also collect copper (Arizona 30s) and WWII non metal plates. Many of these plates have been in my collection for over thirty years.  

These days my Goal is to have a pre-1930 plate from every state. Below is a look at some of my favorites:     

Hope you enjoyed my collection. Please feel free to contact me at moojhead@gmail.com for questions or comments.