License Plate

Object/Artifact

-

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

License Plate

Entry/Object ID

2023.012.002

Description

Dark blue license plate with white text & border. text reads "BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA" license plate number is GWR - 979. Two applied registration stickers, one illegible due to being underneath the second which reads: "BRITISH COLUMBIA JUN EXPO 8715071069". Expo 86 is likely in reference to the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply Expo 86, a World's Fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia that year.

Acquisition

Accession

2023.012

Source or Donor

Denroche, Orion

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Plate, License

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Land Transportation Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Land Transportation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

August 11, 2023

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

April 2, 2026