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Funeral Transportation. Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train 1865. Readings Question #1. What are the French and Latin origins for the word hearse? Describe the first hearse. Early Methods. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Funeral Transportation
Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train1865
Readings Question #1
• What are the French and Latin origins for the word hearse? Describe the first hearse.
Early Methods
• bier (bear): “forerunner of today’s hearse; a hand stretcher on which the uncoffined body was carried to the grave”
• horse-drawn carts: 1648 “hearse on wheels”
Colonial Hearses
• wagon• horse-drawn hearses• “Gentleman’s Coaches”• “liverymen”• 1787: American funeral hearses• early pioneer: simple
Hearses with Horses1850 - 1910
• Readings Question #2:• What impact did the Civil War have on the
style of hearses?
• Readings Question #3:• Compare and contrast the hearse of the
1850’s with the hearse used during the Civil War.
President Lincoln’s Funeral Car1865
Readings Question #4
• Compare and contrast the “funeral cars” of the following innovators: James Cunningham, Hudson Samson, and Crane & Breed.
Gas and Electric Vehicles
• 1885: Baltimore- electric street railway
Readings Question #5:Describe the first trolley funeral car.
“a specially designed train car run on a city’s trolley line to transport casket and mourners to cemeteries on the outskirts of the city”
Gasoline-powered Hearses
• Fred Hulberg: 1908 NYC
• Crane and Breed Manufacturing Company: 1909 “auto-hearse”
Other Funeral Vehicles
• Ambulance: 1909• Undertaker’s Buggy: “vehicle used by
undertakers to transport the necessary mortuary paraphernalia to the homes where funerals were typically held….had an appearance similar to a hearse, but were much less ornate”
• Limousine: early 1920’s
Hearse Sizes and Colors
• up to Civil War: black• after the war increase in length and width• children: white• larger funeral cars: darker colors• most popular: black• light-grey: carved hearses• World War I: black then grey
Cadillac Hearses
1930
1938
National Coach
1957
Transportation of Flowers
• regular hearses equipped with special trays or receptacles
• first flower cars: 7 passenger touring cars
• emergence of vans and other converted vehicles
Readings Question #6
• How did the evolution of funeral transportation influence the responsibilities of the funeral director?
Lincoln’sFuneralProcession