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.
Left to Right: J. D. Wright, E. A Fox, J. R. Empringham, Harry Southcott, B. Walker, W. Hemming, W. E. Humphreys, C. K. Bradley (On Step), F. H. Leslie, Bruce Leslie
Looking eastward. The 2 tall concrete towers were said to be the tallest in the world at the time. The buildings beyond the towers on the horizon are the back of St. Paul St. in St. Catharines