Drewey Gerture James was born in and lived all his life in Franklin County, Alabama in or near Russellville. This photo was taken when he was about 16 years old (about 1905). Drewey was the son of Wilburn/William James and Evelyn Walker James. He was born 4 November 1889 and died 31 March 1981.
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...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...