Rural carrier's bearskin gloves
National Postal Museum

Rural carrier's bearskin gloves

Addison Jason Parker · After 1896

bearskin fur; leather
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

A pair of bearskin gloves made by Aulabaugh Furs of Omaha, NE. Worn by Addison Parker, who worked as a RFD carrier out of Fullerton and Central City, Nebraska. He delivered the mail by horse and buggy, working from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

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