England, France, Germany and other countries built horse drawn hearses, but none can compare with the magnificent vehicles which were and still are used in America. Horse-Drawn Funeral Vehicles contains vital sources for the history of the construction, design, and use of funeral hearses, undertaker’s wagons, pall bearer’s coaches, florist wagons, military funeral vehicles, and the like.
Chapters among its fully illustrated 414 pages include: Hearse Manufacturers; James Cunningham, Son, and Co.; Crane and Breed; Merts and Riddle; George l. Brownell; Tolman; St. Louis Coffin Co.; Chronology of Hearse Designs; Trimming; Undertakers Wagon; Embalming Wagons; Pall Bearer’s Coach; Floral Tributes and Florist Wagons; 19th Century Funerals and Traditions; Military Funerals with Caissons; President and Ex-President’s Funerals and State Funerals in America, including the funerals of George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Knox Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, and Grover Cleveland.
Fully illustrated with images of hearse designs, funeral accoutrements from the horse-drawn era, and clippings of famous horse-drawn funerals, this book is a wonderful resource for research for hearse owners, undertakers, or historians.
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Edited by Michael P. D'Amato, Esq.
Projected Manager: Susan Green
Original published by the Carriage Museum of America
800 illustrations, 414 pages, perfect-bound soft-cover.
