[Rarebooks] FS: 1905 Connecticut Moto Vehicle Registration

[Charles Agvent]

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[AUTOMOBILES].  EARLY  AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATION from  the
        state of  Connecticut  1905.  Hartford,   CT:  1905.  Printed
        official  state of Connecticut form (9-1/2" x 7") filled  out
        in type  and  signed by Theodore Bodenmain(?) for the  Office
        of the  Secretary. An extremely early automobile registration
        form dated  17  May 1905 for Wilmot C. Wheeler of  Bridgeport
        with a  large state gold seal affixed, this being Certificate
        No. 3174,  meaning  that  only   3173  automobiles  had  been
        registered  in  the  state  before   this.  The  state  began
        registering  autos in 1903, one of the first states to do so,
        preceding  even Michigan's Detroit which did not register its
        first vehicle  until  July of 1905. In 1901 Connecticut  also
        enacted  the first traffic law in the United States, limiting
        speeds  to 15 miles per hour in the country and 12 miles  per
        hour in  the city. Wheeler was an important local figure,  as
        one would  expect  an  owner of an automobile  in  that  time
        period  to  be.  A  foundation exists today in  his  name  in
        Southern  Connecticut.  Some creases from neat folding.  Fine
        and very scarce.                                      $500.00

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