Two bathers cling to a railing above a glassy mineral-water pool at the legendary Hotel Garci-Crespo in Tehuacán, Puebla — a spa destination famed since the colonial era for its therapeutic spring waters — as a thatched palapa bar floats island-like at the pool's center and a red-domed pavilion peeks through cypress trees in the pink-skied distance. This hand-colored real-photo postcard (RPPC), printed on Kodak Mexicana paper stock with the distinctive deckled edge of the period, captures the resort at what appears to be its mid-century glamour peak, when Tehuacán drew Mexico City elites and international visitors seeking the mineral baths made famous by Spanish colonial-era accounts. The hand-coloring is accomplished and atmospheric: blush-pink mountains, turquoise water, and a warm yellow canopy over the bar create a dreamy palette that no chrome lithograph could rival. The reverse, printed "Tarjeta Postal / Kodak Mexicana, Ltd.," is entirely blank — never mailed — leaving the image to speak on its own terms. The card is numbered 12 on the front and annotated with a white arrow, suggesting it was part of a hotel-issued set of views.