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Rech-Marbaker Co. specialized in commercial delivery bodies as well as
hearses, ambulances and fire apparatus. Some of their more elaborate florist
wagons were glass-sided and resembled hearses.
1907 Rech-Marbaker hose wagon
1916 - Order placed with Autocar Co. for a rebuilt auto chassis on which to
place the engine. Rech-Marbaker quoted a price of $80.00 for the body on the
new apparatus plus $30.00 for the brass railing. The Ladies' Auxiliary
agreed to pay for the body.
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In their 1907 catalog, Rech-Marbaker pictured a number of motorized and
electric hearse and ambulances
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February 14. 1878 - Fire at the carriage factory of Jacob Rech, south-east
corner of Eighth Street and Girard Avenue; loss, $12,000.
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Jacob Rech founder
Corner of Girard Ave and 8th St - 1876
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1 trade card : 12 x 19 cm.
Exhibit title: Rech, Jacob, Philadelphia, Pa., Exhibit #242, Annex to Main
Building (Carriage Annex), Bldg. #106.
Trade card of Jacob Rech with its facility topped by an American flag under
banner on same flagpole reading "J. Rech carriage & wagon builder."
Carriages and wagons in foreground. Purple ink on white card.
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William E. Marbaker was a Philadelphia resident in the late 1800s and
early 1900s.
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