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Christmas 1863. Harpers Weekly.

Turning license advertising plates into Civil War fields

The license plates before…

Here in Pennsylvania, the state only issues back license plates, leaving the front open to be used by car dealers to advertise their businesses, or for the driver to deploy customized plates to his or her liking. I had a couple of these advertising plates laying around and the semi-rigid,  thin plastic plates make very good bases for modelling Civil War fields for miniature wargaming.

…and after.