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DMV Celebrates Oregon's 150th Birthday
Welcome
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Welcome to DMV's 150th Birthday Celebration webpage.  In honor of Oregon's sesquicentennial, the DMV History Committee has created this web page to share DMV's history with you.  You will find historical documents, photographs and DMV timelines, spanning the period from 1899 to the present.  We hope you enjoy looking back in time and seeing how DMV has changed over the years.

DMV Historical Timelines & Prominent Achievements
The following links lead to historical vehicle registration and driver licensing timelines and some of Oregon’s prominent achievements:

DMV Historical Photos & Documents
The following links lead to examples of some very early registration and driver license documents: 

Oregon 150 Web Site
The following link leads to the State of Oregon's Official "Oregon 150" Web Site – more information on all things sesquicentennial:

 
Page updated: September 25, 2009

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