Vintage Halloween Greeting Card with Witch and Corn 1920s

The corn cob holding a lit candle is, without question, the card's strangest contribution to spooky season — because apparently the best way to express festiveness is through a vegetable-based fire hazard masquerading as a candlestick holder. Rendered in moody grayscale, the silhouetted witch provides all the dramatic swooping energy one could want, complete with broom and ominous smoke wisps curling through the upper half as if Halloween itself is having a hot flash. But here's where it gets murky: 'The Witches are coming! Watch out — Watch out,' the card urgently warns. Watch out for WHAT, exactly? The airborne witch? The aggressively optimistic corn? The candle that's definitely a fire hazard? Early 20th century America had a lot going on, and this card is Exhibit A.