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Seventh Avenue residential houses. In 1910, Seventh Avenue was a dirt road. The main transportation was horse-drawn wagons and buggies. This block of houses may be new construction.

Three unidentified men sitting on a wooden sidewalk in front of a house. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, wooden sidewalks were common throughout the United States.

A Roscoe, Illinois minister and his wife. The sidewalk is made of wood boards and water is acquired from the hand pump at the left.

Three adults on a cement sidewalk in a residential neighborhood. Portland cement was first introduced in the United States in the 1860s to be used for sidewalks. The lines in the sidewalk are expansion joints or strain relief grooves to minimize…

An unidentified man and woman pose near porch steps. Cement and brick were often used for home building materials based on their durability. Portland cement was first introduced in the United States in the 1860s to be used for sidewalks. The lines in…

A small girl playing by a lattice fence. Lattice provides structure for vine plants to grow on. The sidewalk at left is made of wood planks. In America, wood sidewalks were common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

An unidentified baby in a buggy near a front porch. Sidewalks provide a sturdy flat surface for pedestrians to walk on away from vehicles. Cement was a popular building material for sidewalks in America since the early 1900s.