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.
Streetcar & Station on right ; the four large smokestacks in the extreme background belong to the Aluminum Company of America , formerly known as the Pittsburg Reduction Company ;
The four large smokestacks in the extreme background belong to the Aluminum Company of America , formerly known as the Pittsburg Reduction Company in Niagara Falls New York ;
Three men on left: unknown; man standing: Mr. Joseph Wells; 2 girls are: Elizabeth & Jemmie Lewis; lady: Mrs. Jabey Lewis; boy on right: Jabey Lewis Jr. ;
Plaque reads: A TREE PLANTING CEREMONY IN RECOGNITION OF THE TOWN OF NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATED THE TWENTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE NIAGARA PENINSULA CONSERVATION AUTHORITY, APRIL 30, 1961