American Funeral Cars & Ambulances Since 1900
Author | : Thomas A. McPherson |
Publisher | : Crestline |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Thomas A. McPherson |
Publisher | : Crestline |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Medical |
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Author | : Walt McCall |
Publisher | : Iconografix |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Hearses (Vehicles) |
ISBN | : 9781583880166 |
Classic American Funeral Vehicles 1900-1980 Photo Archives Mccall/McPherson
Author | : Walter McCall |
Publisher | : Enthusiast Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003-11-08 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781583881040 |
The most complete, in-depth book on hearses and funeral cars ever! Beginning with horse drawn, highly ornate hearses up to today's motorized vehicles, this book takes you through the complete history of 20th Century hearses. Follow the overall style development from the early carved-panel columned and draped designs, through the limousine-styled Funeral Coach and side-loaders, through the sleek designs that have led to today's hearses.Photos and History on Henney, Eureka, A.J. Miller, Superior, and history of other large and small hearse-builders like Barnette, Economy, Memphian, etc., and the growth and decline of many of these companies. Over 300 high quality photos combined with in-depth text present the most complete history and evolution of motorized hearses ever. A must have book for all automotive enthusiasts.Includes an index of all the important past and present hearse and conversion builders in North America.
Author | : Tom McPherson |
Publisher | : Enthusiast Books |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2007-05-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781583882061 |
Two books for the price of one! Covering the early and classic time period of ambulances and funeral vehicles, two out-of-print yet in demand Iconografix books have now been combined into one book and restored for your enjoyment. Classic American Ambulances 1900-1979 Photo Archive is a photographic history of the evolution and sudden demise of the passenger car-based emergency ambulance while Classic American Funeral Vehicles 1900-1980 Photo Archive shows hearses, flower cars and funeral service cars. Anyone involved in the funeral or ambulance industry will enjoy seeing these classic luxury cars, as will any car enthusiast, restorer, modeler, and historian.
Author | : Walter Miller Pearce McCall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Hearses (Vehicles) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Greg Merksamer |
Publisher | : Krause Publications |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2004-06-22 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780873496421 |
Beginning as station wagons from the likes of Ford, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, and the car of choice, Cadillac, and converted into emergency and professional service vehicles, professional cars have become recognized as visual icons. Having only commercial chassis and the front and rear clips in common, each is unique with ornately carved pillars, body length windows, and custom mobile casket tables. &break;&break;Author Greg Merksamer, prolific automotive journalist, compiles this photographic history of hearses, flower cars, service cars, ambulances, and hearse-ambulances. More than 500 clear, large format photographs, combined with technical specifications, pay tribute to the cars used in professional service and the coachbuilders who made them.
Author | : Walter McCall |
Publisher | : Enthusiast Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-11-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781583882276 |
Throughout history, flowers have accompanied the deceased to their final resting place. At first, flowers were carried in the hearse with the casket, or in a separate carriage. With the advent of the automobile funeral, flowers were transported to the church or cemetery in big touring cars with their tops let down. But in the1930s an entirely new kind of funeral vehicle -- the Flower Car -- blossomed in America. Flower cars were built on all makes of chassis, from luxury Packards, Cadillacs, LaSalles and Buicks to Pontiacs and Chevy El Caminos. The only book ever dedicated to these unique professional cars documents the evolution of the flower car from the 1930s to the long, low coupes de fleur still being built today. A bonus feature includes a section on the other workhorse of the funeral home fleet, the Service Car, which transported the deceased from home or hospital to the funeral parlor and hauled caskets and other funeral service paraphernalia to the church or cemetery.
Author | : Walter Mp Mccall |
Publisher | : Enthusiast Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002-12-19 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781583880814 |
Walt McCall follows up his successful Classic American Ambulances 1900-1979 Photo Archive with a new and expanded title that fills in a heretofore missing chapter in American emergency vehicle history. This book chronicles in words and photos the evolution of the emergency ambulance in America over the past 100 years. From the slow jouncing horse-drawn vehicles in use at the turn of the last century to the fleet electronics-laden advanced life support units on the streets and highways of today - you'll find it all here. A fascinating story that is long overdue. The book is divided into chapters illustrating ambulances by decade. Each chapter begins with 2-4 pages of text describing major innovations and improvements introduced during the decade.
Author | : Sarah J. Purcell |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2022-02-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469668343 |
This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities. These funerals featured lengthy processions that sometimes crossed multiple state lines, burial ceremonies open to the public, and other cultural productions of commemoration such as oration and song. As Sarah J. Purcell reveals, Americans' participation in these funeral rites led to contemplation and contestation over the political and social meanings of the war and the roles played by the honored dead. Public mourning for military heroes, reformers, and politicians distilled political and social anxieties as the country coped with the aftermath of mass death and casualties. Purcell shows how large-scale funerals for figures such as Henry Clay and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson set patterns for mourning culture and Civil War commemoration; after 1865, public funerals for figures such as Robert E. Lee, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, and Winnie Davis elaborated on these patterns and fostered public debate about the meanings of the war, Reconstruction, race, and gender.
Author | : Walter McCall |
Publisher | : Enthusiast Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-06-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781583882818 |
In 1933 the Sayers & Scovill Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio and The Eureka Co. of Rock Falls, Illinois, introduced a daring new departure in funeral car design. This stunning, semi-streamlined new hearse design featured richly-carved imitation drapery panels—complete with folds, fringes, tassels and tieback cords—on the sides and rear of the car.