Tall Lombardy poplars stand sentinel along the ancient canal banks of Xochimilco — Mexico City's famed "floating gardens" — their reflections shimmering in the green water as a cluster of flower-decked trajineras docks near a red-roofed lakeside restaurant, a scene of festive leisure that had enchanted visitors since the Aztec era and was already drawing international tourists in droves by 1960 when this card was mailed from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Carol in Peabody, Massachusetts. The sender writes warmly that things got "too formal" and that "there's no speed limit in Juarez" — a casual road-trip aside that conjures the freewheeling spirit of mid-century cross-border travel. Postmarked March 2, 1960 with a U.S. 3¢ Liberty stamp, this is a fully traveled, written card with genuine ephemeral charm.