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.
Bottom row (L to R) Wilfred Hicks (Vice President), Ted Lees (Chairman/President), Zettie May Miller (Honourary President) Top row (L to R): Jackie Glen (Secretary-Treasurer), Clara Ruch and Rita Somerville (Social Convenors). Photo taken in Willoughby Township Hall on Sodom Road.
Bottom row, L to R, Ursula Bienzeisler (curator), Ted Lees (Chairman), Emma Chambers (Secetary-Treasurer). Top row, L to R, Rita Somerville, Fred Brunning Jr, Clara Ruch, Marjorie Ort. Photo taken in Willoughby Township Hall on Sodom Road.