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What year did Oregon start issuing drivers’ licenses? Was this the first form of identification carried by local citizens? What year did Social Security cards start being issued? Before this did people carry their birth certificates around with them or was there not a need for self identification? — Al, Selma We’re taking another stab at this question because we had some incomplete information the first time around from the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles. On its website, the agency said Oregon began testing and licensing drivers in the 1930s. The more complete answer, which we got this week after double-checking with spokesman David House, is that Oregon began requiring drivers’ licenses in 1920. It started administering driving tests in 1931. Our second look at this question was prompted by an alert reader who read our first answer and then brought in a copy of his grandfather’s driver’s license dated Sept. 1, 1920. Although the license doesn’t have a photo, it does make an attempt at providing identifying details about its owner, Thomas Caster. He’s listed as a male Medford resident, age 16, 5-feet-10, 135 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. His occupation is listed as farmer, and his signature is on the license. To read about other forms of identification used in Oregon and the rest of the nation, you can read our previous Since You Asked answer at http://mailtribune.com/news/since-you-asked/oregon-drivers-licenses-issued-in-1930s. Send questions to “Since You Asked,” Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; by fax to 541-776-4376; or by email to [email protected]. We’re sorry, but the volume of questions received prevents us from answering all of them.