1939 - 1946 California WWII Era License Plates

Here are photographs of the plates that were issued in California in the WWII era. I do not own all these plates.  I have placed a WANTED notice next to the ones I don't have. Please see this List of other WWII vintage plates I buy quantities of. I am looking for more of the ones I collect. 
Please email me if you have a license plate I am missing or ones I collect.

WANTED: Military License Plates & License Plate Toppers
Bases, Camps, Forts, Fields, Victory, etc. (but not US forces plates)

Click on thumbnail pictures to see large size photographs.
 

CALIFORNIA
Type / Year	1939	1940	1941
Passenger
Pneumatic Tire - Commercial
Pneumatic Tire - Trailer	WANTED		WANTED
Dealer	WANTED		WANTED
Wrecker	WANTED		WANTED
Motorcycle	WANTED		WANTED
Solid Tire - Trailer	WANTED		WANTED
Solid Tire - Commercial	WANTED		WANTED
Sample	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
B of E	WANTED		WANTED
US	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
Exempt	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED

CALIFORNIA
Type / Year	1942 WANTED - ALL	1941 / 42	1943
Passenger
Pneumatic Tire - Commercial
Pneumatic Tire - Trailer
Trailer Dealer	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
Dealer
Wrecker	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
Motorcycle	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
Solid Tire - Trailer		WANTED	WANTED
Solid Tire - Commercial	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
Sample	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
B of E		WANTED	WANTED
US	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
Public Service	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
Temporary	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
DAV	WANTED	WANTED	WANTED
Bicycle	Bicycle - Santa Barbara	WANTED	WANTED

CALIFORNIA
Type / Year	1939-1946 Specials	1944	1945
Passenger	WANTED 1939 San Francisco Treasure Island World's Fair Special Issue Front License Plate 1942 Top Strip 1943 'V' Tab WANTED 1943 Motorcycle 'V' Tab NOS 1943 'V' Tab on Issue Card 1944 Windshield Decal WANTED 1944 Trailer Bear Tab WANTED 1944 Motorcycle Bear Tab WANTED 1945 California Bear Booster Special Issue Front License Plate 1946 Motorcycle (1945 w/ 1946 Tab) 1946 Passenger Car (1945 w/ 1946 Tab)	DECAL
Pneumatic Tire - Commercial
Pneumatic Tire - Trailer		WANTED Bear Tab
Trailer - All Tire Types		Not Produced prior to 1945
Trailer Dealer		WANTED	WANTED
Dealer		WANTED Bear Tab
Wrecker		DECAL
Motorcycle		WANTED	WANTED
Exempt Motorcycle		WANTED	WANTED
Solid Tire - Trailer		WANTED Bear Tab	WANTED
Solid Tire - Commercial		DECAL	WANTED
Sample			WANTED
B of E			WANTED
US			WANTED
DAV		WANTED	WANTED

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Thanks for the help on the License Plates Pages goes to the following people:
"Gibby" Greg Gibson, Fenton MI 48430-1331
Barbara Jo Birt ~ ALPCA #6639
"Whit", G. William Whitworth Jr. ~ ALPCA #1000 ~ Homepage
Mike Sells  ~ ALPCA #6464 ~ The 1976 License Plate Page
Jeff Minard

Other plate sites of merit:
PAUL'S LICENSE PLATES : A SELECTION OF SASKATCHEWAN AND OTHER LICENSE PLATES
License Plate Restoration and Repaint by The Tag Dr.
Glen Greenwood - British Columbia License Plates