
Vintage Halloween Witch Greeting Card Early 1900s
Text on Card
HALLOW-EEN "Put on a Witch's cloak and hat Make friends with a big black cat Burn a candle and watch the flame And it will spell your true love's name"
Description
Halloween mystique takes elegant form in this charming Edwardian-era greeting card, showcasing a fashionable witch in a striking crimson gown and pointed hat, accompanied by her black cat familiar. The composition displays classic early-20th-century chromolithographic printing, with delicate attention to the witch's elegant pose and the surrounding autumn imagery, including corn husks overhead and a jack-o'-lantern pumpkin at her feet. The card includes a fortune-telling verse below, capturing the mystical tradition of Halloween divination from this nostalgic period.
Subjects
witch, black cat, halloween, pumpkin, corn husks, candle, bats, cottage
Printing Notes
Hand-colored chromolithograph with fine detail work and gradient backgrounds typical of Edwardian greeting card production







