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Timeline- Test 2 Flashcards

1
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Virginia Colony Founded.

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1607

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2
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Remains wrapped in blanket or cerecloth/windeing sheet

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1607-1650

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3
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Anglican church dominates funeralization (church sexton)

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1607-1776

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4
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Massachusetts Bay Colony founded (Theocracy)

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1620

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5
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Puritan funeral customs are models of simplicity and dignity.

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1620-1713

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6
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  • Handmade wooden coffins becoming more common.
  • Inviters to funerals- licensed position in local governments.
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1650-1700

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7
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Farm wagon used as hearse.

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1650-1800

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8
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Layers out of the dead advertised in directories.

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1700

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9
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Increase in social character and prestige of funerals.

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1700-1800

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10
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Start of town undertakers.

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1750

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The Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Embargo Acts spawn the industrial revolution.

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1775-1814

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12
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Michael Jenkins, town undertaker and coroner- conflict of interest.

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1799

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13
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Pre Civil War hearse.

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1800-1865

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14
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Mostly cooling boards and refridgeration.

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1830-1880

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15
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First American patent on metal coffin.

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1836

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16
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  • Dr. Richard Harlan translates Gannal’s book into English.
  • Start of furnishing undertakers.
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1840

17
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Fisk Metallic Burial Case patented.

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1848

18
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Dr. Thomas Holmes comes to the scene- Father of American Embalming.

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1850

19
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Civil War- Embalming gets a big boost.

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1861-1865

20
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  • “Order concerning embalmers” passed because of Dr. Richard Burr
  • Start of professionalism in “funeral undertaking.”
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1865

21
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Post Civil War Funeral car.

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1865-1910

22
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Fluids gradually change from metallic salts to formalin.

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1865-1920

23
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Start of mass production of cloth covered wood and metal coffins by furnishing undertakers.

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1870-1900

24
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Era of funeral trolley cars.

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1890-1925

25
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Crane, Breed & Co. “church on wheels” at Chicago’s World Fair.

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1893

26
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First motorized hearses.

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1901-1907

27
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Ambulance.

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1909

28
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Limousine Hearses

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1920

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