vintage multi-make photos

I know that my eyes are old and tired, but those vehicles are right hand
drive.........

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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several cars manufactured in the United States during the early part of the 20th century were right hand drive. In early cars, there was no "Standard"
 
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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Cropped/enlarged:

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Based on the single windshield, it would be a 1935-1937 Packard. Not enough of the actual Packard front end showing to do any better
 
1920's stuff found in the Montreal Quebec archives and Quebec city (oldest city in north america) archives.


1920-something Notre-Dame ambulance on Sherbrooke street, Montreal, note the chains on the wheel commonly used in the province until the 60's.. so that mean I dont know how to install that thing haha




1920-something hearse from Germain Lépine, St-Roch Quebec city, the oldest funeral home of the province still in business today, since 1845.(now Lépine & Cloutier)


note the typical french canadian catholic cross on the top.
 
The last funeral home that owned my '76 S&S Centennial Victoria was in Shelbyville. Didn't know they once had a train depot. I love the old coach! Thanks for posting. I'll have the '76 in Milwaukee. Tom
 

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Both of the following are marked Sir John Craig Eaton's funeral. The first from 1922 and the second from 1924. (Actually there are several images from each year. These are the only two with coaches in them.) Using two different hearses is weird enough but seeing as the second is a 3-way, it must be the error. 3-ways hadn't been invented yet. ;)

City of Toronto Archives.

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