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A hearse (/ h ɜːr s /) is a large vehicle, originally a horse carriage but later with the introduction of motor vehicles, a car, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin to a funeral, wake, or graveside service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to heavily decorated vehicles.
A combination car was a vehicle that could serve either as a hearse or as an ambulance, [1] and had the capability of being swapped between those roles without much difficulty. [2] This hybrid usage of the cars reflects an era when funeral homes offered emergency ambulance service in addition to their primary trade, especially in smaller towns ...
Landau bar on the rear quarter panel of a Cadillac hearse. A landau bar is an ornamental S-shaped metallic bar installed on the rear quarter panel of a car. Mostly used on hearses, the landau bar is skeuomorphic and represents the folding roof structure on a Landau carriage. [14] [15]
Hearse: The horse-drawn version of a modern hearse. Herdic: A specific type of horse-drawn carriage, used as an omnibus. Irish jaunting car, or outside car (1890–1900) Jaunting car: a sprung cart in which passengers sat back to back with their feet outboard of the wheels. Karozzin: a traditional Maltese carriage drawn by one horse or a pair
Henney Motor Company was an American manufacturer of limousine, hearse, ambulance, [1] and taxicab bodies in Freeport, Illinois from 1927 to 1954. Some operations were moved to Canastota, New York to make an electric car, the Henney Kilowatt but the factory closed when partner National Union Electric Corp found it impossible to manufacture the batteries for the planned price.
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Funeral procession of Empress Maria Leopoldina of Brazil with a horse-drawn hearse in Rio de Janeiro, 1826. Traditional funeral procession, Těchanov, Czechoslovakia, 1965 Christian funeral procession by car in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, 2009
The Daimler DS420 is widely used among the funeral trade, serving as both the executive car for mourning relatives and the hearse, after customization, for the deceased. The most prominent funeral with a Daimler Limousine and hearse was that of Diana, the Princess of Wales in 1997.