Francis J. Petrie Collection
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New School Chippawa Ontario [King George V Elementary School] Wilfred Hicks collection -
Ontario Agricultural College Guelph Ont. [Ontario] Card was addressed to Miss A R Packer, Niagara Falls South but was never mailed ; -
Portal Scenic Tunnel Niagara Falls Canada Horseshoe Falls -
View from the Clifton Hotel Showing Entrance to [Queen] Victoria Park Niagara Falls Canada Mowat gate (bottom right), Horseshoe Falls (background), Ontario Power Station to right of the Falls, Clifton Incline Railway and Maid of the Mist ticket office and store (bottom left) ; -
Refectory [Queen] Victoria Park Niagara Falls Canada Printed in Leipzig Saxony -
One of the many beauty spots in Queen Victoria Park Niagara Falls Canada Zimmerman Fountain centre ; -
Rambler's Rest Queen Victoria Park Niagara Falls Canada Streetcar of the Niagara Belt Line (left) ; Clifton Hotel (centre background) ; the four large smokestacks in the extreme background to the right belong to the Aluminum Company of America, formerly known as the Pittsburg Reduction Company) ; Falls View / Upper Steel Arch Bridge (right) ; -
Observation House [Queen] Victoria Park Niagara Falls Ont. [Ontario]Canada Also known as Rambler's Rest -
Opening of the Oakes Garden Theatre on September 18, 1938 Oneida Silver Factory & General Brock Hotel in the Background -
Memorial Service for Burrell Hecock who died trying to rescue Mr. & Mrs. Eldridge Stanton when Ice Bridge broke apart The Ice Bridge in the Niagara River broke apart on February 4 1912. Mr. & Mrs. Eldridge Stanton were stranded on a piece of ice, Burrell Hecock attempted to rescue them but all 3 perished in the Lower Niagara River at the Whirlpool Rapids ; -
Burrell Hecock b.March 3 1895 d. February 4 1912 Burrell died in the Lower Niagara River, when the Ice Bridge broke apart, disintegrating in the Whirlpool Rapids. He had attempted to rescue the Stanton's but all 3 people perished that day ; -
Military participating in a parade along Bridge Street Niagara Falls Railway Station to the left and the Arlington Hotel to the right -
100th Anniversary of the Battle of Lundy's Lane Parade Location Main & Ferry Streets -
Oakes Garden Theatre Negative available -
100th Anniversary of the Battle of Lundy's Lane Parade Lieutenant Colonel Fred Hill at the head of the 44th Regiment coming up Lundy's Lane -
100th Anniversary of the Battle of Lundy's Lane Parade Royal Canadian Dragoons entering Lundy's Lane -
100th Anniversary Parade for The Battle of Lundy's Lane A. C. Thorburn's Drugs, Chocolate, & Stationary Store on right ; location Main and Ferry Streets ; -
Dominion Day Celebration in Niagara Falls Acheson Graphite behind the fence in the background -
Dominion Day Parade travelling past the Arlington Hotel in Niagara Falls Arlington Hotel is the building on the right decorated with flags ; -
Horse drawn floats pass by the Arlington Hotel on Bridge Street Niagara Falls in the Dominion Day Parade Arlington Hotel second building from right ; Railway Station left ; -
Hospital Float in the Dominion Day Parade in Niagara Falls On Bridge Street by Zimmerman Street -
Military parade on Bridge Street Niagara Falls Electric Streetcar in background sign says Bridge ... ; -
School children on Bridge Street awaiting the visit of the Prince of Wales Location is Zimmerman Avenue between Park and Bridge Streets ; Imperial Bank of Canada and H K Rahling Tailor's shop both in background ; note train in extreme background ; -
Reid Brothers Lumber Yard float in the Old Home Week parade Location at intersection of Main & Ferry Street, Thorburn's Drug Store (left) ; -
Parade along Bridge Street during Old Home Week in Niagara Falls Railway Station (left) -
Daughters of St George Float in parade on Bridge Street in Niagara Falls, Railway Station left This is possibly the 21st anniversary parade of the City of Niagara Falls held July 1925 -
Parade along Bridge Street Railway Station (left) -
Parade along Bridge Street during Old Home Week in Niagara Falls Railway Station (left) -
Animal Trap Company of America Float in the City of Niagara Falls' 21st Anniversary Parade This Float was the Grand Prize Winner in the Industrial Section ; Sydney Packer ( manager of the Animal Trap Co. ), created the Float ; -
Swimming Pool - Adding a Pool Ladder (believed to be Niagara Falls Lions Pool) Man in cap with beard is Bruce McRae
