Bathed in the warm pastel hues of an Edwardian color lithograph, the ornate Belle Époque façade of the Monte Carlo Casino rises against a cloudless Riviera sky — its copper-domed turrets and exuberant Baroque statuary presiding over manicured lawns, while a wrought-iron candelabra lamppost frames the terrace promenade and the Mediterranean shimmers silver-blue in the distance. Numbered 75 in its series and labeled with the curious designation "Monte Carlo, France" (Monaco's political independence from France was not always self-evident to American publishers), this undivided-back card dates to approximately 1905–1908, when the Casino was at the absolute zenith of its glamour as Europe's most exclusive gambling palace. The back text helpfully explains that Monte Carlo is "notorious on account of its gaming tables and owned by the Prince of Monaco and leased to a syndicate," a description that reads today as delightfully matter-of-fact.