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Embossed postcard postmarked November 1, 1920 depicting a little girl in a puffy dress and pantaloons startled to see three black birds, probably crows, fly up from a carved pumpkin (Jack-o-lantern) as she lifts the top. In the background, enclosed in a ghostly cloud of white smoke rising from a burning candle, are the words (title), "I'm sending this HALLOWE'EN GREETING to you be-CAWS, well just be-CAWS". This card was sent from Baltimore, Maryland to Miss Mary Bennett of the same city.

Embossed postcard titled HALLOWE'EN GREETING depicting a gray-haired witch wearing a stripped skirt and a black vest and hat holding a mouse by the tail while a black cat and several Jack-o-lanterns look excitedly on, with the following verse below: A bat and a cat, green- eyed pumpkins, too, A nice crawly mouse and best wishes For YOU This postcard is unused. (Editor's note: Although this card is undated, it was probably produced around the early part of the twentieth century, thus the Coverage (Time Period) of 1901-1930.)

Embossed postcard titled "HALLOWE'EN • GREETING" depicting a smiling gray-haired witch wearing a flower-print blue dress with a white and red cape and black hat and playing with three black cats and two Jack-o-lanterns. Below the title is this verse: Dame Fortune will have smiled on me, Her cats the blackest ever seen • • • Will have brought to me the best of luck If I may see you HALLOWE'EN This postcard is unused. (Editor's note: Although this card is undated, it was probably produced around the early part of the twentieth century, thus the Coverage (Time Period) of 1901-1930.)

Embossed postcard depicting a boy and girl wearing bright colors lying on a black grassy ground and looking at a multi-colored butterfly against a red field full of large heart-shaped objects, with the following verse printed in black: If I had wings I'd fly to you For no one else but you will do For my Valentine Published by George Whitney, this card is unused, although written in pencil on the back are the words "Dear Mollie". (Editor's note: Although this postcard has no date or postmark, other similar postcards were produced by George Whitney between 1901 and 1920, thus the Coverage (Time Period) of 1901-1920.)

Embossed postcard depicting four little children with pumpkin-like heads walking down a street ready to raise a ruckus, with a caption that reads "On Halloween we'll steal the gate and kilter everything thats straight". One child appears already to have a pilfered a sign, which reads "KEEP OFF THE GRASS". This card was sent from Aunt Emily to her nephew Thomas (?), although no postage was used. (Editor's note: Although this card is undated, it was probably produced around the early part of the twentieth century, thus the Coverage (Time Period) of 1901-1920.)

Embossed postcard depicting a little girl with a pumpkin-like head in a witch's costume holding the palm of a little boy, also with a pumpkin-like head, and sitting on a log by the woods as she tells him his future: "The indications plainly show You're going to marry someone I know". This card was sent from Aunt Emily to her nephew Arthur, although no postage was used. (Editor's note: Although this card is undated, it was probably produced around the early part of the twentieth century, thus the Coverage (Time Period) of 1901-1920.)

Embossed postcard titled "On Hallowe'en you must beware, For frightful things are everywhere" depicting a black cat holding a broom with one paw and an orange witch's cap on its head with the other paw while directing mice to pull a pumpkin across an open field. This postcard is unused, although it has an identifying library stamp. (Editor's note: Although this card is undated, it was probably produced around the early part of the twentieth century, thus the Coverage (Time Period) of 1901-1920.)