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Almost positive these new commercial chassis being delivered are '40 LaSalle. Walt, Keith, etc. do you concur?

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Although more parts are wrapped and not visible, one would have assumed firewalls came attached. Perhaps that practice changed in later years. Also interesting noting paint and tire differences.
 
Yes, Atti. Those are 1940 Series 50 Commercial Chassis. The crates lashed to the frames usually contained intrument clusters and wiring, rear fenders and cowls. Some of these were supplied to the coachbuilders as "closed cowl" chassis while others were shipped like these as "open cowl" chassis with the components shipped seperately. According to Tom McPherson, "the Series 50 LaSalle chassis was very popular with coachbuilders in 1940 with 1,030 being shipped top professional car manufacturers by Cadillac. Of these, 235 went to A. J. Miller, 80 to Flxible, 1 to Mitchell Hearse, 45 to Knightstown Body, 234 to Meteor, 160 to Sayers & Scovill, 210 to Superor, 60 to Eureka with the ramaining 5 shipped to four other builders - one in Switzerland (GM Suisse), two to GM Canada (for CN Rail) and one in Detroit (both listed as GM Sales Corp sales) and one to the Jones Motor Company in Richmond, Virginia. In addition, two 159-inch LaSalle commercial chassis were provided to the Eureka company "with coupe body shipped seperately" to be built into flower cars". You gotta wonder where these particular chassis were destined. Thanks for posting this interesting image.
 
Funeral of murdered Drivers 544 Union leader William Brown dated 5/29/38. Maybe Bill can date this Henney 3-way too.

Photo from Minneapolis Tribune and part of Minneapolis Photo Collection.

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Hmm Ed. With my deteriorating eyesight shadows don't give the appearance of having open sides, looks like a carved B pillar, and there is a livery business sign on opposite side of street - so who knows?

Here's a stunning DC carved coach captured in 1923 parked in front of the Library of Congress' Neptune Fountain. Talk about blind spots!

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B. E. Arntzen Undertaker in 1912. Location was 810 North Clark St, Chicago.

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Funeral of William Dever (who served as Mayor of Chicago from 1923-27) in 1929.

Both images from Chicago Daily News negatives collection and part of Chicago History Museum.

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'40s Chicago funeral procession via eBay through Adam - who managed to save these images before I figured out how. Plate on '40 LaSalle flower car is 1944 Illinois. Second flower car looks like a passenger car conversion. Mix in '39 Cadillac funeral coach with dual sidemounts, a third flower car, a second funeral coach (two tone with dual sidemounts) that has MAKARSKI & SON nameplate, at least one Packard limo...and this is a wonderful series! :thumbsup:

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Appears to be a Polish funeral, flag in last picture with the eagle red and white, the 1 gentleman appears to have a old polish army cap on and Makarski and Son on the coach, lots of us in Chicago, Buffalo NY. :D
 
Wonderful photos, Atti. Thanks for posting these. That 1940 LaSalle flower car, and the one directly in front of it as well as that Chicago Gray and black funeral coach (that appears to be a 1938 Series 60 Cadillac) are all Eurekas. What caught my attention were the other make-shift flower cars and that '35-'36 Packard sedan. Marvellous images.
 
Hearses and men are outside the West Gate of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, after the riot of 1929. Three guards were killed in battle. Four were held hostage and shot by inmates. Five convicts died; three were killed by Danny Daniels, leader of the insurrection.

Harry Mellon Rhoads photographer and part of Denver Public Library's History of the American West, 1860-1920 collection.

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One of Vancouver's first motorized hearses going down Georgia St, dated 1914.

Stuart Thomson photographer and part of City of Vancouver Archives.

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Say wait a second...why are both vehicles left hand drive? License plates read correctly so image has not been reversed. Hearse cropped/enlarged/enhanced:

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6 cylinder Studebaker used for both hearse and ambulance duties by Armstrong & Hotson Funeral Directors. Two are dated 12/17, 1/25/18, and circa 1918.

Stuart Thomson photographer and part of City of Vancouver Archives.

Brilliant details in the following compositions to pay attention to:

-Carved leading edges of roof/visor area. Also note side to side concave nature of roof itself and shine emitting off of it. Too much curvature for fabric insert and stampings weren't possible for almost another 20 years...so painted wood roof?

-Left hand drive (again) in Canada.

-Armstrong & Hotson glass (insert?) swap with ambulance glass. Exterior nameplate removed when A & H glass in place.

-Armstrong & Hotson not just carved name on building but printed on exterior hanging light as well.

-Interior coach window top treatment predating a flapper's dress.

-Beveled lead glass coach door windows that slide down into door.

-White tires become noticeably less white with use.

-Third man ominously lurking in window and passenger seat.

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The odd side drive on this is part of our British heritage,and Vancouver was very much a royal city,and on a side note the world famous Budweiser clydsdales pull a Studebaker wagon,(or did)with their load of beer barrels.
 
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