54 3" x 5" penny postcards written and illustrated by Charles Loud and sent to his future wife, Annette ("Nettie") P. Carruth, from 1879 to 1880. Addressed to her residences in Boston, Mass., Wellesley, Mass., Newton, Mass, Jacksonville, Florida, and New York, NY. Each card is unique. All are written in cipher. One card has been deciphered and transcribed. A note reads, "Annette Carruth lived with her sister Kathleen and her husband, the Rev. George G. Phipps, pastor at Newton Highlands Congregational Society, at their home on Walnut Street near Centre Street." Some of the postcards are addressed to Nettie in Jacksonville, Fla.; a few to Newton Highlands, Mass., or Wellesley, Mass.; and the majority to "No. 13 Gates Street, So. Boston," Annette and Charles were married in Newton in 1881 and lived at 93 Carver Road in Newton Highlands.
