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Past Souvenir Plates
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Below you'll find an example of each souvenir plate WLPS has issued as well as a few interesting facts about each one.
These plates were offered to members in 2002. They were manufactured by the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) and featured WLPS on the left-hand side and the member's number to the right of the horse and rider.
The first souvenir meet plate was something that Mark Coolidge and Rob Dickerson came up with in late 2008. Mark had been doing plates for various clubs as well as ALPCA from time to time. Our attendance at meets and membership were growing so we felt we had the support to financially make the program viable. After some investigation into recreating the die with the horse/rider - a must for any Wyoming plate - we moved forward. Rob wanted to do something more antique and he located the image at State Archives. Tony Fenske did his magic, Mark made the die happen and the rest was history. The first plates sold out and outside of an extra sample or two, we sold all 100-110 plates we created.
The 2010 plate was a little more specific to the Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD) Old West Museum where the Spring 2010 meet was located. Finding an image that would fit with the horse and rider as difficult. But we did come up with an image that worked on a plate and correlated with CFD.
Number 3 in the meet series was more focused on the State as a whole and Yellowstone National Park. Mark Coolidge came up with the image and Tony Fenske did the design.
Number 4 in the Series is pretty unique. An actual photograph of the famous UP Steam Engine 844 taken outside Cheyenne photographer Tony James. Mr. James allowed the club to use the image and he attended our Spring meet where these were distributed. Several are signed by Mr. James. This also represented the first time our meet was held at the Cheyenne Depot Museum.
The 2013 plate was developed and designed by Mark Coolidge and Tony Fenske to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Highway. What is unique is that this is a series done in conjunction with the Utah and Nevada clubs. They each did a plate that linked up and offset then next plate along the "map." This is also where Tony designed the WLPS logo that has been in use ever since.
2013 Anniversary
In 2012 at the Des Moines ALPCA convention over dinner Rob Dickerson and Mark Coolidge scratched out the concept for the special edition 100th Anniversary of Wyoming license plates. The plate includes the detachable magnetic seal based on the 1913 design. Only 101 were made, 0-100. Quite collectible, you rarely see one available.
Our second to last year at the Depot. Since we had not done a plate with the Depot, Tony Fenske located this great image of the Depot from the South - track side.
We threw a curve ball with the 2015 plate. Instead of Wyoming in general and at the top we did a "Vedauwoo" plate with the rocks at a popular outdoor recreation sight in the Pole Mountain Unit of the Medicine Bow National Forest just north of I-80.
2015 was the year we switched to a Fall plate to correspond with our "our of Counties" - first up was Rock Springs. This as a tough design with several reiterations including a mining theme which never quite fit the bill. Then Tony came up with this great wild horse concept - perfect for the Red Desert area north of Rock Springs.
The 2016 plate was done to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of WLPS and features a design similar to the 1975-1977 when the club was formed. Done in a historic format with the the historic Old Main on the University of Wyoming campus.
2017 Motorcycle Anniversary
To commemorate the anniversary of the first Wyoming motorcycle licence plates being issued in 1917, Joe McKee and Scott Stalick came up with this tribute design. Similar to the 100-year anniversary plates issued in 2013, we decided to do these in porcelain to add that extra special touch.
Number 10 in the series is a tribute to Rawlins and Carbon County in general. It features one of Wyoming's iconic symbols, the Pronghorn Antelope, standing alert with Elk Mountain in the background. Once again, Tony Fenske did an amazing job capturing the essence of this distinct part of Wyoming.
2017 - No Bronco
Upon seeing the initial design of the 2017 plate, several WLPS members commented that the requisite horse and rider took away from the overall appearance of the plate. So, begrudgingly, we agreed to offer two options for the first time; one with the horse and rider and one without. While the design with the horse and rider outsold that without, the latter sold surprisingly well.
Since we officially started our Fall "Tour of Counties" in Sweetwater County (#4), we missed the opportunity to issue a plate for Sheridan County (#3). So, since the 2018 Spring meet was in Sheridan, we decided to do a "catch-up" plate. This plate, conceptualized by Scott Stalick and designed by Tony Fenske, features Black Tooth Mountain in the background and Red Cloud on the left.
As our Fall Tour of Counties took us to Torrington in Goshen County, we thought it only appropriate to pay tribute to the Pheasant Capital of Wyoming. This plate has a nostalgic feel that was conceptualized by Alan Ferguson and designed by Tony Fenske.
Featuring a wagon train winding thru the plains with Laramie Peak in the background, this plate captures the essence of this part of Wyoming. It was conceptualized by Rob Dickerson and designed by Tony Fenske.
This beautiful plate prominently features Big Horn County's namesake sheep. It also includes a few of County #9's amazing scenic highlights in the background. Conceptualized by Alan Ferguson and designed by Tony Fenske.
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