Golden afternoon light bathes a flower-laden trajinera as it glides along one of Xochimilco's ancient canals south of Mexico City — a scene that has enchanted visitors since the Aztec era, when these "floating gardens" fed a civilization. The warm ochres and yellows of this linen-era card capture the arched reed canopy sheltering passengers, a gondolier in a wide sombrero, and lush poplar-lined banks receding into a luminous horizon. Published the same year as Mexico's presidential election of Lázaro Cárdenas's first full year in office, this card evokes a country simultaneously proud of its indigenous heritage and eager to showcase it to foreign tourists. Card number FH-G12 is clearly printed in the lower left, a catalog identifier used by Fred Liebig's Mexico City publishing operation.