Souvenir China - Gas up the Model T, honey.

With the advent of the automobile and improved infrastructure, travel became easier and cheaper over long distances in the US around the turn of the last century. When just a generation earlier horse-drawn carriages on dirt roads was the fastest way to get around, motorized vehicles revolutionized the "vacation." And from around 1895 through the 1910s (up to WWI), the idea of travel souvenirs became fashionable. In my experience, the souvenirs were mostly sterling spoons and trinket china pieces, each with the location and sometimes a picture of the destination to-be-remembered (in an era before cameras were widespread). While it's unlikely you'll find sterling souvenir spoons at a yard sale, the souvenir china does come up frequently. I've found it's often overlooked by the "old school" dealers who don't want a piece of china from, let's say, Maine sitting in their shop in, oh, Pennsylvania. But the internet has opened up the market for people looking for specific scenes. Most of the pieces are not too expensive and usually sell in the $10-$25 range, but rarer scenes (not like any shown above!) can go for $hundreds to the right person. Keep an eye out for it, this stuff is usually very easy to spot!