Side saddle with decorative embossing; around the edges is a green stripe. There are flowers embossed in green on a piece of leather shaped like a heart on the cloth part of the underside of the saddle. The underside is cloth.
Used by Minnie McBride, first female Post Mistress at Sherman, WV to carry mail on her route.
Acquisition
Accession
1972.10
Source or Donor
Anna Howell
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Saddle
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Tack, Animal
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Land Transportation Accessories
Nomenclature Class
Land Transportation T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects