Vivid trajineras — those iconic flat-bottomed flower boats with their painted arched names — glide through the ancient canals of Xochimilco in this bright chrome-era color postcard, one gondolier standing tall with his pole while tourists drift beneath flower-crowned canopies of yellow, red, and blue. Xochimilco's "floating gardens" are a living remnant of the Aztec chinampa agricultural system, and by the mid-20th century the lake had become Mexico City's most beloved Sunday escape. This card, published by Ediciones "FEMA" S.A. of Mexico D.F., captures the scene with the vivid saturation typical of chrome-era printing — tall Lombardy poplars reflected in dark water, boats crowding the canal in a festival of color. The reverse is unused and blank, the card never having traveled farther than a souvenir rack.