Around the Sass & Cecile house, we absolutely adore Halloween and any occasion to dress up and decorate. I remember being a little girl and pleading with my Mom to decorate the whole house and yard for Halloween starting in October. I loved the changing of the seasons, the cool Autumn air,…
My hubby and I just got back from the National Museum of Funeral History, and I have tons of pics of antique hearses (horse drawn and autos), coffins and...
Imagine a solemn, realistic birthday party theme. The scene captures the paradox of celebrating birth amid reminders of mortality. The room is dimly lit, filled with somber black balloons and subdued arrangements of flowers that could be mistaken for funeral bouquets. On the table rests a miniature model of a hearse, not to transport the departed but to hold birthday wishes and thoughtful contemplations. In this unusual gathering, each guest is handed a tastefully adorned coffin-shaped box. Instead of your typical party favor, these boxes carry poignant mementos, a testament to the preciousness of each year we gain. Generated with these themes: Funerals, Hearse, and Coffin. Made with ❤️ by AI.
Some 17 months after she was widowed, the Queen's final journey was to her resting place at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, to lie with her beloved husband Philip.
In the 17th century, mourning etiquette and all its trappings dominated the lives of most women, especially those of socially aware families...
I just barely squeaked through in completing my Horse Drawn Hearse for this year's display. Some serious props go to Will Bezek. This guy went out of his...
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After seeing an 1800's hearse that somebody made, I've decided to make my own! Here it is so far.
A nice aspect about keeping a blog is that its never too late to post something retrospectively. There has already been several entries abou...
So I started this last year in the end of June, but by the time of Halloween lastyear, it wasn't done. I ran out of funds and it just wasnt going to happen...
I built my first toe pincher today and wanted to know if a windshield wiper motor would be strong enough to open it just a couple inches and close it again...
Since her death on Thursday, the Queen has laid at rest in an oak coffin covered with the Royal Standard for Scotland and a wreath of flowers. Pictured: The Queen Mother's coffin in 2002.
If you have a slightly glum friend who dresses in black, uses a parasol in the sun, and scares old ladies despite his/her gentle nature, you might like to cheer them up with the ultimate goth toy: the 1966 Cadillac S&S Landau Hearse. This fully featured 1:18 scale death-mobile comes with a wood grain casket, extending rear service table and a church truck to carry the coffin.
Completed in 2013 in Ringsted, Denmark. Images by Anders Sune Berg. The coffin is first carried from the hearse to a quiet and peaceful room for last goodbyes. From this quiet room, friends and relatives of the...
Paul Sinclair, he who begat Motorcycle Funerals, has a bicycle hearse for sale. It's made to his own design, and it's been thoroughly tested. Says Paul, "We put a coffin on it and 30 stones of sandbags then rode it with two, me being pillion. It went fine." Paul warns: "I won't sell it to someone I think will just stick it on display somewhere as I want it to be used." He adds: "The pillion rider needs shoe size ten or under! Riders MUST be trained in sidecar riding, it is difficult and disconcerting with almost no weight, but it can be done with the training we would provide and it is much easier with a coffin. If the buyer was using it a lot we'd advise fitting leading link forks and again we could explain all that. I don't advise hacking it round bends as bicycle spokes have their limits with transverse forces, but on …Read More→
Historical Hearse Exhibit. Late 1800s Hearse. This ornately carved wooden hearse remains unrestored. The roof is covered in leather. It was donated by the Conger-Morris Funeral Home from Medford, Oregon. Which happens to be the small town I grew up in, what a surprise to see here. Drawing from the Museum's rare collection of funeral service vehicles, Historical Hearses sheds light on the evolution of funerary customs. The vehicles selected for the exhibit range from the elegant horse-drawn funeral carriages of the 19th century to the actual hearses used in the state funeral services of US Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford as well as the funeral of Grace Kelly. Additional highlights include an elaborate glass-paneled funeral carriage made in Germany in 1850; a 1916 Packard funeral bus, used in place of the funeral procession, large enough to hold the coffin, pallbearers and up to 20 mourners; and a 1921 motorized hearse, whose opulent, hand-carved wooden panels exemplified the extravagance of craftsmanship among hearse manufacturers during the era. www.nmfh.org/
Beautiful Cadillac hearse in Imperial Beach, about a 1973?
