Finnegan Photograph Collection

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This collection contains images related to the activities of the Richmond Fire Department.

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New Fire Engine Added to Department as Fire Prevention Week Open[s]
New Fire Engine Added to Department as Fire Preve…

1942-1944

Black and white photograph showing a 1942 Mach pumper (Type 80LS, Serial #1128) parked in front of the fire station (Engine #6 and Truck #3) at Lomba…

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$13,500 Fire Engine Rises From Junk Pile
$13,500 Fire Engine Rises From Junk Pile

2/4/1943

Black and white photograph showing eight men posing with a "resurrected" fire engine returned to service by the Department of Public Safety, Richmond…

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[New Fire Truck Arrives]
[New Fire Truck Arrives]

1948

Black and white photograph showing a 1948 Peter Pirsch & Sons aerial ladder truck arriving at Main Street Station in downtown Richmond, Virginia;…

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[Fire at Night]
[Fire at Night]

11/29/1933

Black and white photograph showing the silhouettes of three firefighters battling a blaze at the Richmond Guano Company on the James River in Henrico…

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[Battling the Blaze]
[Battling the Blaze]

11/16/1933

Black and white photograph showing five City of Richmond firefighters battling a 3-alarm fire at the Sitterding-Carneal & Davis Company, Lombardy…

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[Smoldering Remains]
[Smoldering Remains]

7/28/1933

Black and white photograph showing the smoldering remains of the vacant Chesterfield Hills Country Club on Broad Rock Road, in Chesterfield County, V…

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[E. Main Street Fire]
[E. Main Street Fire]

9/8/1933

Black and white photograph of a fire taking place at 1313 E. Main Street, in the Stuart & Betts (candy wholesaler) building in Shockoe Slip, Rich…

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[E. Main Street Fire]
[E. Main Street Fire]

9/8/1933

Black and white photograph of a fire taking place at 1313 E. Main Street, in the Stuart & Betts (candy wholesaler) building in Shockoe Slip; imag…

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[Two Alarm Fire at Phillip Levy Furniture Warehouse]
[Two Alarm Fire at Phillip Levy Furniture Warehou…

1/2/1934

Black and white photograph showing the icy aftermath of a fire at the Phillip Levy & Company Furniture store at 13-17 W. Broad Street, in Monroe …

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["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]

Circa 1958

Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…

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["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]

Circa 1960

Black and white photograph of a new City of Richmond, model "C" Mack pumper truck, Engine No. 8 (Fulton Hill); image shows the apparatus parked outdo…

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["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]

Circa 1958

Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…

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["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]

Circa 1958

Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…

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["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]

Circa 1958

Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…

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["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]

Circa 1958

Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…

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["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]

Circa 1958

Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…

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[Methodist Orphanage Fire]
[Methodist Orphanage Fire]

12/16/1934

Black and white photograph of a barn on fire at the Methodist Orphanage, 3900 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large frame barn eng…

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Smoke Plumes Trestle Blaze
Smoke Plumes Trestle Blaze

6/1/1936

Black and white photograph of the C & O branch trestle (Chesapeake and Ohio) fire, near the Richmond, Virginia city gas works in Fulton; image sh…

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Fire Damages Trestle
Fire Damages Trestle

6/1/1936

Black and white photograph of the C & O branch trestle (Chesapeake and Ohio) fire, near the Richmond, Virginia city gas works in Fulton; image shows …

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Home is Leveled
Home is Leveled

8/25/1937

Black and white photograph of a house fire on Rocky Branch Road, near Lakeside and Hilliard Roads in Henrico County, Virginia; image, taken at night,…

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Fighting Blaze
Fighting Blaze

3/26/1937

Black and white photograph of firefighters working a blaze at the former home of James Branch Cabell, Dumbarton Grange, in Henrico County, Virginia; …

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Test New Fire Equipment
Test New Fire Equipment

7/9/1937

Black and white photograph of firefighters from the City of Richmond, Virginia fire department testing a new 85-foot American LaFrance extension ladd…

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Battling Chamberlayne Avenue Blaze
Battling Chamberlayne Avenue Blaze

11/3/1937

Black and white photograph of firefighters from the City of Richmond, Virginia fire department battling a night time blaze at 3617 Chamberlayne Avenu…

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[Battling Chamberlayne Avenue Blaze]
[Battling Chamberlayne Avenue Blaze]

11/3/1937

Black and white photograph of firefighters from the City of Richmond, Virginia fire department battling a night time blaze at 3617 Chamberlayne Avenu…

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