Photo Gallery: Georgetown Historical Society Event

GEORGETOWN – The Georgetown Historical Society’s 7 ^th Annual Antique Fire Truck and Car Show drew a large turnout Saturday, offering a variety of exhibits, antiques and collections.

Stationed on the asphalt parking area were 14 antique vehicles from fire companies in Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey.

The County Seat Cruisers presented the car and truck show, which had approximately 100 entries.

“It’s usually our most successful show of the year, and I think this proved that out,” said historical society official Jim Bowden.

Exhibit attractions featured in the open house included the museum’s 1880 blacksmith shop, Carriage House full of antique carriages, 1830 one-room schoolhouse, 1890 Methodist Church, the only Western Auto Museum in America, the Boyer Model Trains display, Delaware Telephone Museum and the original world's largest frying pan from the Delmarva Chicken Festival.

“We had a lot of foot traffic in all the buildings. They got to see the new “G” scale trains, and the new Darrell Waltrip memorabilia that came into the hands of the museum,” Mr. Bowden said.

Attendees got to see several dirt track machines and drivers that compete locally, along with local legends Bill Lawson and Eddie Pettyjohn.

Mr. Lawson served as the premier flagger for nearly three decades at tracks in Delaware, including Georgetown Speedway, where the flagger’s stand is dedicated in his honor.

Mr. Pettyjohn, whose racing signature was the famous “8-ball” cars, competed in many levels, and he graduated to NASCAR Winston Cup, competing in four races at Dover’s Monster Mile in 1973 and 1974.

Staff writer Glenn Rolfe can be reached at grolfe@iniusa.org. Follow @glennrolfeBTBN on X.