July 08, 2005

Today in Automotive History

1892 Saddle-Bronc

Lester Callaway Hunt, who as Wyoming secretary of state in 1936 designed the "cowboy and bucking bronco" license plate still in use by that state, was born on this day in 1892. Hunt designed the image using a picture of cowboy A.G. Stubb riding a horse called Deadman.

Posted by Quality Weenie at July 8, 2005 08:14 AM | TrackBack
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And many people do not know that his first attempt at designing an automobile flopped when he named the car after himself with an attempt at a French flair... LeCHunt...

Posted by: Ogre at July 8, 2005 11:40 AM