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But rewind about a hundred years, and October meant a flood of Halloween postcards landing in homes across America. Picture a stiff piece of cardstock, no bigger than your hand, printed with a grinning jack-o'-lantern, a black cat with an arched back, or a witch riding across a golden moon. The colors were rich and glowing, the borders were fancy, and the messages on the back wished friends a happy, playful Halloween. These little cards were the text messages of their day.  \nThose glowing colors didn't happen by accident, and they came from an  \nunexpected place. Many of the finest Halloween postcards were designed in the United States but printed in Germany, which had the best color printing presses in the world in the early 1900s. Printers used a technique called chromolithography, layering ink from several stones or plates so that a single card could shine with many colors. Some cards were even embossed, meaning the pumpkins and owls were pressed to bulge slightly off the surface so you could feel them with your fingertip. A postcard that cost a penny to mail could look like a tiny painting.  \nA card that looked like a painting was exactly what people wanted to collect, and collect they did. The years from about 1900 to 1915 are often called the golden age of postcards, when Americans mailed and saved cards by the millions. Instead of scrapbooks full of photos, families kept postcard albums on the parlor table, and visitors would flip through them the way you might scroll a phone. Halloween cards were a favorite because the artwork was bold and the symbols were fun: cats, owls, bats, and smiling moons. Sending one told a friend you were thinking of them during the spookiest season of the year.  \nThose bold symbols carried older ideas that most senders never stopped to think about. The black cats and witches came from centuries of European folklore, and the glowing pumpkin traced back to an Irish legend about a wanderer named Stingy Jack who was said to roam with a carved turnip lantern. When Irish immigrants came to America, they found pumpkins easier to carve than turnips, and the jack-o'-lantern we know was born. Postcard artists took these old stories and made them cheerful, trading anything frightening for winking cats and friendly witches. In a way, the cards helped turn Halloween into the playful holiday you  \ncelebrate today.  \nThat playful spirit is exactly why collectors still hunt for these cards more than a century later. At flea markets, estate sales, and online auctions, people search for rare examples, and a single well-preserved card by a sought-after artist can sell for far more than the penny it once cost. Collectors prize cards signed by illustrators like Ellen Clapsaddle, whose sweet, detailed designs made her one of the most beloved postcard artists of the era. Each surviving card is a small time capsule, carrying a handwritten note from someone who lived generations ago. When you hold one, you're holding a Halloween greeting that outlived everyone who first touched it.  \nHalloween Postcards Long Ago  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) According to the passage, what did early Halloween postcards look like?\u003Cbr>A. Plain white cards with only a short typed greeting\u003Cbr>B. Small cards printed with pumpkins, black cats, and witches in rich colors\u003Cbr>C. Large posters showing candy, costumes, and trick-or-treaters\u003Cbr>D. Folded paper booklets filled with spooky short stories |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What can you infer about why collectors value cards signed by Ellen Clapsaddle?\u003Cbr>A. Her cards were the cheapest ones sold at the time\u003Cbr>B. She invented the machines that printed colored cards\u003Cbr>C. 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