Francis J. Petrie was for many years the City Historian of Niagara Falls, as well as the author of a regular newspaper column in the Niagara Falls Review.
After his death many of his photographs, negatives, slides, and postcards were donated to the Library.
Restaurant tables are located beneath an overhanging porch ; three women and a man are seated at one of the tables ; dress is formal, man in a suit and hat and the women wearing Edwardian type dress ; a woman dressed in a long skirt and light blouse is standing in the background holding what appears to be menus ; a sign hanging from the roof line in the background indicates Dining Room ; various flags are attached to the underside of the roof line of the porch ; a wooden bench is bottom left ; area is surrounded by mature trees ;
The four large smokestacks in the extreme background belong to the Aluminum Company of America , formerly known as the Pittsburg Reduction Company and located in Niagara Falls New York ;