This is Albert Allen McLeod (right), born Mar 1888 to Alex McLeod and Mary McPhee. He is possibly standing with a sister (Florence, Gertrude or Catherine). I estimate his age around 20 years old, so the date is approximate. They were most likely somewhere in Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania where they lived most of their childhood.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...