Unit 7 Flashcards
What car appears 1st in a cortege
clergy
What car appears 2nd in a cortege
flower car
What car appears 3rd in a cortege
honorary pallbearer
What car appears 4th in a cortege
active pallbearer
What car appears 5th in a cortege
hearse
What car appears 6th in a cortege
family
What car appears 7th in a cortege
friends
Who was credited with the idea of a horse drawn carriage to carry casket remains?
James Cunniham
Whose funeral was seen as the turning point in the acceptance of embalming in America?
Abraham Lincoln
The most elaborate and outstanding funeral car of the 19th century was the
Crane & Breed professional hearse
What chemicals were used in the embalming processes of the 19th century?
arsenic, zinc chloride, alcohol
Known as the ‘father of embalming’
Thomas Holmes
The large box-like vehicle to carry the casket, mourners, and flowers was called
Hulberg Funeral Bus
What was a corpse cooler
A chest filled with ice placed over the torso of the body
What color were children’s hearses
white
What did airtight receptacles do
Made to preserve the body to keep from decaying
J. Anthony Gaussardia
patented a process of embalming involving the injection of an arsenic-alcohol mixture.
Where did the word Hearse comes from
french word ‘Herse’ which was from the latin word ‘hirpex’ meaning rake or harrow
Hudson Samson
Invented and oval shaped hearse with 8 posts for decoration in 1889
When did funeral cars become more functional and decorative?
afer WWI
What color became very popular for Hearses?
GRAY
in the 19th century, if a funeral car did not have plumes on them:
poor person
in the 19th century, if a funeral car had 2 plumes on them:
normal income
in the 19th century, if a funeral car had 3/4 plumes on them:
middle income
