Hearse Carriage outside P. Blake & Sons Funeral Building, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1915
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Hearses are vehicles used to carry a coffin from a church or funeral home to a cemetery. Originally, they were drawn by horses. This funerary carriage operated in Detroit, Michigan.
Hearses are vehicles used to carry a coffin from a church or funeral home to a cemetery. Originally, they were drawn by horses. This funerary carriage operated in Detroit, Michigan.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1915
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.1298
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.875 in
Width: 7.438 in
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