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.
Mayor Grose Thorold Teal Fort Erie Pietz Welland Nissen Port Colborne Campbell municipal affairs minister McKeough Brooks West Lincoln Lambert Wainfleet Goring Niagara-On-The-Lake Reid St Catharines Miller Niagara Falls Willson Grimsby Morgan Bucknall Hatch Marshall Bell Buchanan Mitchelson Martin Weightman Chown McKenzie Cecchini Andres Black
H. B. Dell & Son Hardware Furniture Store, Ford, W. G. Willson Service Station, Imperial Dealer,, China & Silverware, D. D. Kinsman Linens, Woollens, cars, automobiles, signs
Davison's General Electric Appliances Store Bank of Commerce Dell's Hardware Macklem Insurance Real Estate Ken Warner's Decorating Centre Mercury Paints Restaurant Home Cooked Meals