Dappled sunlight filters through a massive gnarled oak tree on the manicured grounds of the legendary Hotel Agua Caliente, its Spanish Colonial Revival tower and arcaded facade glowing in warm linen-era color — a glamorous relic of Tijuana's Prohibition-boom golden age when Hollywood stars like Jean Harlow and Clark Gable crossed the border to gamble, race horses, and sip cocktails in the resort's elaborate pleasure complex. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Co. of Los Angeles, this unused card (catalog X-46, print run 123383) captures the resort at its architectural peak before the 1935 gambling prohibition shuttered the casino operations. The lush lawn, ornamental lantern, and carefully composed tree frame speak to the resort's aspiration to rival Palm Springs or Monte Carlo south of the border. Today the site houses a Tijuana public school, making historic images of the original complex increasingly sought-after by Baja California and Hollywood social history collectors alike.