Merts & Riddle, Coach and Hearse Builders.

Catalogue - hearses. Merts & Riddle, Ravenna, Ohio.

About this Item

Ravenna, printed by S.D. Harris [188-?]. Oblong octavo publisher's illustrated wrapper; 50pp, full page wood engraved illustrations throughout. A remarkably good copy. Ravenna was clearly more than a one hearse town in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Merts and Riddle bought their employer's coach building company in 1861 and expanded into hearses a decade or so later. When Merts left in 1891 the company became Riddle Coach & Hearse Co. This is the earliest catalogue - dated "1880 or so" - in the collection of Thomas Riddle, descendant and company historian. The catalogues at the Huntington with a conjectured date of 1875 aren't. Romaine did not see any Merts & Riddle catalogues.

Seller Inventory # 10395

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Merts & Riddle, Coach and Hearse Builders.
• Condition: very good