Photochrome print from 1900 of a Philadelphia row house where it was claimed Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag

Lucky Strike billboards to the Chicago railway track which opened up travel to all in Chicago in 1900

Little has changed but if you glance closely a lady in period dress poses under the Arch Rock in Santa Monica in this postcard from circa 1888-1905

Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California stars in this postcard from 1902

Holidaymakers at the turn of the century could stay at accommodation such as Hotel El Tovar, Grand Canyon, Arizona which was snapped in this postcard from 1905

Illustrating the modcons and comforts of the age, this postcard of the interior of Hyatt Chalet Motel from 1964

A neon sign invites guests to the Park Plaza Motel. Vintage autos are parked at the entrance