Francis J. Petrie Collection
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Blossom Festival Parade on the Niagara Parkway Miss Blossom Festival sitting on Float ; Sheraton - Foxhead Hotel in background -
The Mack-Miller Candle Co. and Niagara Paper Box Co. Factories - (See Notes) These factories were formerly those of Dominion Suspender and Niagara Neckwear - Niagara Falls first Factories built - 1885; Demolished February 24, 1965 -
Niagara's Peach Queen & Contestants of the Niagara Peach Festival - ladies are unknown -
Labatt's Hot Air Balloon at a Canada Day Festival ( 1987 ) - people going for a ride up in the Hot Air Balloon -
Banner reading: Niagara County Peach Festival - Lewiston, NY ( Sept. 6 & 7 ) - sponsored by Lewiston Kiwanis; B & B Cigar Store & Howard's - Mens Shoe Store -
Banner reading: Oktoberfest Niagara - Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY ( Sept. 5 - 14 ) Niagara Discount Store & Cousin's Lounge -
Niagara Grape & Wine Festival Parade - St. Paul St., St. Catharines - Float carrying a Steam Powered Organ, from Stratford, Ont. -
Harriman's Lumber Mill - Demolition of B&W photograph -
Doran Brothers Old Suspender and Neckwear Factories On Cataract Ave. from 1885 until 1927. Swept by fire in 1946 and 1951 and demolished Feb. 1965. Home of Mack Miller Candle Co. and Niagara Paper Box Co. from 1932 until fire of 1951 -
The Niagara Falls (Electric) Lighting Company - Corner of Park and Welland Built in 1895; Demolished on November 17-19, 1969 -
Chimney built for Dominion Suspender Co. and Niagara Neckwear - Doran Bros. Factories 1st in Niagara Falls. Demolished February 1965 -
Norton Plant in Chippawa Small houses or cottages built for workers of the Norton Plant sometimes called Norton Village; Dirt road is now Chippawa Parkway ; -
Aerial view of Cyanamid's Welland Plant in 1950 - photograph taken four years after acquisition by the American Cyanamid Company -
Norton Houses (1917 or 1918) Chippawa Parkway; Norton Village cottages -
Cyanamid Chemical carrying Railcar being Filled at the Welland Plant - Railcars equipped with metalized and plasite lining - DO NOT STEAM -
North American Cyanamid's Welland Works Fire Truck - firemen spraying something in field, in the background -
Sanitary Can Company of Canada photo taken shortly after construction and opening -
Men on a break at a Cyanamid Plant - exterior break area ( smoking area ? ) adjacent to chemical carrying railcar -
Cyanamid's Welland Plant Medical Department Dr. W. G. Clarke examines Peter Clarke's hand in cast -
Michigan Central Railway - Montrose Yard Office B&W photograph -
Niagara Wire Weaving Co. x 3.5" Colour photograph -
Spirella Corset Factory on River Road Niagara Falls Museum aviary -
Damage to Cyanamid's Building - unknown plant -
Waugh Lumber Company Employees John Waugh -
North American Cyanamid's Welland Plant receives Award of Merit from Cyanamid of Canada ( 1976 ) - 3 gentlemen: unknown; Award of Merit Welland Plant reads: IN RECOGNITION OF THE SAFETY RECORD WHICH EMPLOYEES HAVE ESTABLISHED BY OPERATING WITHOUT A DISABLING INJURY FOR 1,222,690 MAN HOURS " DECEMBER 9, 1975 - DECEMBER 4, 1976 " -
Factory of The Thompson & Norris Co. Limited, Niagara Falls, Canada Built in 1909 to produce corrigated cardboard boxes. Sold to American Can Co. in 1920 and connected to it by a skywalk for 59 years. This building has recently been sold and is to be completely renovated by an undisclosed purchaser -
North American Cyanamid's Welland Plant's, St. John's Ambulance Award Winners - Person's are unknown, however back of photo suggests: see December 1953's issue of " News " -
North American Cyanamid's Welland Plant presents the Safety Suggestion Award - one of the gentlemen is Alex McCallum ( Safety Officer ? ), the other gentleman is unknown -
Harriman Lumber Mill - Demolition Scene Simcoe St. at St. Clair (Apt. building there now) Tore out buildings across the road - Benjamin Awning Styles, Movers, Walker's Laundry went right through to Ellis St. and made a park. -
Cyanamid's Twenty Five Year Club - 1944 - people are unknown: all receive 25 year service award -
Welland Chemical Works, Niagara Plant's Product display Board - Ammonium Nitrate, Ammonia, Nitric Acid, and Sulphuric Acid are products on display -
Hayes Steel Products Co. - Panoramic View Negative under oversize negatives -
North American Cyanamid's Niagara Medical Staff members receiving their 5 Year Service Awards Dr. Warminton presents 5 year service awards to 3 members of medical staff - Left to right: Dr. R. G. Warminton, Miss P. Archer, Mrs. J. Pettes, and Dr. W. J. Martin -
North American Cyanamid's Labor / Management Meeting - 7 men are unknown -
Cyanamid Welland Works Fire Department presents a display of Fire Equipment & Safety - 2 gentlemen are unknown -
Possibly a Polling Station at North American Cyanamid, ca 1957 - guard & lady seem to be conducting a survey -
North American Cyanamid's entrants in the Ingersoll Centennial Parade - Cyanamid's 1929 Horse & Cart / Cyanamid's 1952 Mack Dump Truck -
Labour / Management Prize Table for Safety Record - 6 gentlemen are unknown -
Kinzinger, Bruce & Co. B&W photograph -
Niagara Falls Canning Co. B&W photograph -
Dominion Brake Shop early photo of Dominion Brake Shop (Ramapoo Iron Works) Plant -
William Henry's Spring Brewery and Distillery on Ravine Hill St David's Distillery on Ravine Hill above St. Davids as it appeared at the turn of the century -
Niagara Wire Weaving Co. Demolition B&W photograph -
Cyanamid's Welland Plant's new Production Offices Old Production Offices are in the background -
Medical Department & Production Offices - Cyanamid's Welland Plant Demolition of the old building -
North American Cyanamid's Parking Garage / Sheds - vehicles parked in stalls of shed -
Peppermint Plant Construction B&W photograph -
Burgess Battery Plant B&W photograph
