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.
The sandsucker barge Kathryn is shown approaching the old Erie Bell dock in Chippawa Creek ; pleasure boats in the foreground and people at the dock ; an American can be seen flying on a hidden small boat (right) ;
-Macklem Factories & Smoke Stack - right side of picture; - Knight Family Home: center of picture, located on corner of Chippawa Parkway & Portage Road ( north west corner )