WW2 Soybean License plates Ill 1945 1946 Auto Truck Collector Buick Chevy Lesall
bought a license plate collection, had a few of these in it! will be listing a bunch of license plates!! mostly motorcycle
automobile license plates made out of soybean-based fiberboard, an early instance of the use of renewable materials to make a "natural" plastic. This process to find "new" plastic materials continues to today with widespread research and product development of plastics derived from corn, switchgrass and mushroom. These plates come from Illinois, the state along with Michigan that most successfully used soy-based materials, in large part due to the efforts of Henry Ford who for many years previous had championed soybeans as a renewable material that could be used to create a wide range of plastics, especially for use within the automotive industry. Illinois used soybean-based plates from 1943 to 1948. probably made them because most of the metal in the country was used for the war effort!!!
selling as pictured.
more than welcome to pick up at shop in butler pa & save shipping.
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