1929 Studebaker GE Dictator Cabriolet, owned by Kevin and Sharie Wise of Elk Grove, CA.
This car was featured on the front page of the Galt Herald.
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1939 Cadillac, Model 1708 V-12 Touring Sedan, owned by Sue and Lee Hill of Orangevale, CA. They purchased this car in 1980 in Folsom, CA. This is one of only 432 built.
1912 Oakland Model 30 Roadster restored by Ron Jacobson of Galt, CA. Ron is THE major restorer at the McFarland Living History Ranch. That is Darryl Clare, Mayor and incumbent candidate for Galt City Council.
1922 Detroit Electric Model 90 Coupe restored by Phil Gardner. This lovely car was last year's "Best of Show" winner. The driver sits way back and steers by a tiller.
Note, I was so pleased to see this car as it has been in my mind ever since I saw one in 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio. I was riding my motorcycle and sitting at a stop light. Without a sound a car pulls up to me on the right. I looked over and saw this car with a very elderly woman sitting in what looked like the back seat. She was holding this long bar for steering. About that time the light changed and the car leapt forwards without a sound. I caught up and rode along side for a block or two before she turned off. Many times I described the car to people and just got this look of incredulity. Yeah, right. Finally, after all of these years I know what it was that I witnessed. Thanks Phil.
1930 Whippet 98A Leatherback, owned by Loren Ardrey of Sacramento, CA. He found this in an airplane hanger in the Los Angeles area. He is the third owner and it has about 30,000 miles on it. This car is all original.
1932 Plymouth Model PB Roadster, owned by Tom Lund of Yuba City, CA. This car was in the desert most of its life, so it had very little rust, but had suffered a lot from an owner who had chopped the fenders and cut the running boards. It took 3 years to restore and was finished in 2002.
Tom is a frequent winner with his variety of very well restored cars. He is one of many who return just about every year with a car. Thanks Tom.
1936 Chrysler Airflow 8 Cylinder Coupe, owned by David Felderstein and Dan Hoody of Sacramento, CA. This car is one of only 10 Chrysler Airflow Coupes known to still exist. This car has power brakes.
1942 Packard Model 110 Convertible owned by Jon & Jean Fuiks of Sacramento, CA. They purchased this car in 1980 and collected parts until 2004. A full frame off restoration brought it back to its 1942 showroom condition. The paint color is original. This car is extremely rare, as only 350 were produced due to WW II.
1927 Stutz, Model AA S-15 Touring Brougham owned by John Fossette of Sacramento, CA. The two cuties are Mercedes (9) and Angel (9).
1925 Mack AC Bulldog (chain drive) owned by Norm and Jane Taunton of Galt. In 1925 this truck was used to haul steel at Chicago Iron Works.
Rod Noble of Galt Funeral Home shows off his beautiful horse drawn hearse that is still used for funerals.
Rod bought it 8 years ago from Memory Chapel funeral home in Placerville. The previous owner was Mount Vernon in Fair Oaks. They had purchased it in the early 1970's. Before that, it languished on an Indian reservation in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for 70 years. It's history includes doing some time in Dodge City Kansas during the time of Wyatt Earp.
The tassels are original, as well as the trap door on the bottom of the hearse. Legend has it the trap door was used by some crafty jailbirds by paying off Wyatt and company. The undertaker would provide a bottomless casket, pick up the "body" from the jail, drive out of town and release the trap door when the coast was clear.
Al Baldwin, Rebecca and Barbara were very busy dressing up people and taking their pictures.
Mercedes (9) and Angel (9) seem to enjoy posing for pictures.
The Dry Goods Shoppe had plenty of T-shirts and other gift items for sale.
Linda Ausherman is putting her raffle tickets into a jar. She won one of her selections.
Danielle King (15), from Sacramento, is a super raffle ticket sales person. She was recruited on the spot to take on this job and did very well. Thanks. Other raffle ticket sales persons were Ashlee Gramm and Jonny Corbett of Galt High School.
Our band of local talent. (l. to r.) Mark Giuespone, Ernie Giuespone, Karl Kummerle (13), Glen Western & Richard Hult.
These high school students are from the drama class at Galt High. (back row, l. to r.) Brandon Garner, Bryce Soltes and Jacob Saldana as Fred ?? hotel owner. (front row, l. to r.) Emily Arwood as Sylvia Lippi, Kayla Holtz as Rose Lippi and Kristin Madsen as Alice Valencia, known as the Countess.
Sylvia Lippi by Emily Arwood, Rose Lippi by Kayla Holtz and Alice Valencia (The Countess) by Kristin Madsen.
This is the photo from the front page of the Lodi News Sentinel of Kayla Holmes. She played the part of Rose Lippi.
The historical society has had requests from attendees for craft vendors to sell locally made items. This is the first year for this venue. Reports were favorable and this may be expanded for next year.
El Dorado Ranch, a retirement community in Baja California, Mexico. Contact Ron Rimmel at 925-284-6508, or email to rrimmel@rmacproperties.com
The "Spa Girl" is Valerie Ehresman of Spa Escape. wakechic93@yahoo.com or 209-365-1015.
Lori Thompson with "Just Lavender" brought in a very nice aroma. lthomp9563@aol.com
Sue Lee is from the Bay Area and this is the second time that she drove so far to display her lawn and garden stakes products at the McFarland Ranch. 510-531-2464
Cookie Lee Jewelry was again represented by Daneece Percey of Dixon, CA. 707-678-4847, daneecepercey@sbcglobal.net
Elena Mendoza is owner and designer of "Mendoza Designs" and can be reached at 916-686-2986, or ememdoza27@msn.com
The merchants of Galt were very generous in donating prizes to help make our raffle a great success. Please support them with your business and thank them for supporting the Galt Area Historical Society.
1. Robinson’s Feed and Country Western Store
2. Lavine Insurance
3. Renew You Salon & Spa
4. Subway
5. Salon 21
6. Larry’s Barber Shop
7. Save Mart Supermarket
8. El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant
9. Wholey Ravioli Italian Restaurant
10. Casa Azeteca Mexican Restaurant
11. Stockman’s Bank
13. Dry Creek Realty
14. Raley’s Supermarket
15. Planet Beach
16. Fitness Pro Gym
17. Fleurtations Florist
18. Blue Ribbon Tack
19. CPS Pool & Spa
20. Union Bank
21. Ace Hardware
22. It’s a Grind Coffee Shop
23. Better Bodys Gym
24. Gidden’s Brothers Heating and Air
25. Les Schwab Tires
26. Texas Mudd Pitt Coffee House
27. Kragen’s Auto Parts
28. Lamppost Pizza