Hearse

Four-wheeled black painted hearse with rectangular wooden box body mounted on transverse iron elliptical springs secured to front and rear axle; 4 double arched windows, slightly arched roof covered with light canvas; seat notch cut out of front of box & wooden foot rest mounted on iron brackets on front of box; box constructed of light 1/2″ stock nailed to inner frame. Under carriage of wooden axles connected by central wooden reach braced by 2 long diagonal iron braces to rear axle; ends of axles fitted with wooden hubs, segmented felloes (6); axles are depressed at mid-section to accommodate elliptical springs; front wheels pivot on an iron fifth wheel; small colonettes on interior of box between windows suggestive of earlier style hearse.