Paradise found and reported — from a terrace bedecked with plumeria blooms and a pineapple centerpiece, the eye sweeps over thatched palapa umbrellas, rolling surf, and the rocky headlands of Acapulco's Playa Condesa on a sun-drenched December day in 1971. A sender named Berni dashed off an enviably brief message to Gertrude and her husband in Rochester, New York: "This is indeed paradise. The beach is great & the temp is in the 80s. See you soon — love, Berni." The chrome-era color photography is rich and saturated, capturing the golden age of Acapulco tourism just before the resort city's profile would surge even higher through the 1970s. Stamped with an 80 centavos Mexican airmail stamp and postmarked December 21, 1971, this card distills the jet-set leisure culture of early 1970s Mexico in a single glossy image. Published by Central Plastic, Mexico City, photo by Enrique Puente.