Finnegan Photograph Collection
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This collection contains images related to the activities of the Richmond Fire Department.
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![[Fire at 1801 Venable Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38323/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at 1801 Venable Street]
1/21/1955
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a house fire at 1801 Venable Street, in the Union Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; image shows…
![[Fire at 1801 Venable Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38324/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at 1801 Venable Street]
1/21/1955
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a house fire at 1801 Venable Street, in the Union Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; image shows…
Chief Finnegan (right photo, pointing) Inside Cha…
2/15/1955
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a house fire; image shows Richmond, Virginia City Fire Chief Finnegan (in white helmet), pointing to b…
![[East Main Street Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38327/1/thumbnail.webp)
[East Main Street Fire]
2/15/1955
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at 13th and E. Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows two men surveying a pil…
Spectators (left) View Blackened Business Structu…
2/15/1955
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at 13th and E. Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows two Richmond City fire …
Flames Leap Skyward in Salvage Yard Fire; Foamite…
2/16/1955
Black and white photograph (three small photos taped together) of a fire at the Peck Iron & Metal Company, at 2314 Bells Road, on the south side …
Fire Equipment Pumps Water Into Three East Main S…
2/16/1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firemen battling a blaze at 13th and E. Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows fire fig…
![[Fire on W. 30th Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38338/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire on W. 30th Street]
4/4/1955
Black and white photograph of a house fire in progress at 52 W. 30th Street, near Woodland Heights in Richmond, Virginia; image shows Richmond City f…
![[Fire on W. 30th Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38339/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire on W. 30th Street]
4/4/1955
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a house fire at 52 W. 30th Street, near Woodland Heights in Richmond, Virginia; image shows the corner…
Flames Fought In Rear Of Building After Collapse …
5/3/1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond, Virginia City firemen battling a blaze at a multi-story brick building; image shows three firefighters aiming…
![[Fire at 16 E. Main Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38341/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at 16 E. Main Street]
5/3/1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firemen battling a blaze at a multi-story brick building, (16 E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia); image …
Extension Ladder On Leigh Street Amid Streams Fro…
5/3/1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firemen battling a blaze at a multi-story brick building in Richmond, Virginia; image shows groups of fir…
![[Phillip Levy Warehouse Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38343/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Phillip Levy Warehouse Fire]
5/3/1955
Black and white photograph of fire in progress at the Phillip Levy & Company warehouse, 6-14 E. Leigh Street, in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia…
![[Salvation Army Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38344/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Salvation Army Fire]
7/4/1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firemen battling a blaze at a Salvation Army building on Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a…
![[Salvation Army Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38345/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Salvation Army Fire]
7/4/1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firemen battling a blaze at a Salvation Army building on Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a…
![[Salvation Army Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38346/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Salvation Army Fire]
7/4/1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firemen battling a blaze at a Salvation Army building on Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia; image shows …
![[Chief Finnegan Shows New Recruits How to Roll Hose]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38347/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Chief Finnegan Shows New Recruits How to Roll Ho…
6/27/1950
Black and white photograph of Richmond, Virginia Fire chief Finnegan showing new fire department recruits, Malechi Rasin and William E. Brown, how to…
![[Fish Market Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38348/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fish Market Fire]
10/13/1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond Fire city firemen battling a fire at a fish market and apartment at 417 1/2 N. 6th Street, in downtown Richmon…
Richmond firemen bring the water tower into actio…
11/8/1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond, Virginia city firemen battling a fire; image shows the aerial ladder truck and water tower spraying water at …
Williamsburg Firemen Practice Firefighting Skills
12/19/1955
Black and white photograph of Williamsburg, Virginia firemen practicing their firefighting skills at the Richmond fire training center at 28th and S …
![[House Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38351/1/thumbnail.webp)
[House Fire]
12/5/1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters responding to a fire in a two-story frame house in Richmond, Virginia(Carver area?); image s…
![[Richmond Wood Works Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38352/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Richmond Wood Works Fire]
12/25/1955
Black and white photograph of a fire in progress at the Richmond Wood Works (?) in Richmond, Virginia; image shows the silhouette of trees and a burn…
Fire Chief Finnegan and Captain W. H. Hayes…watch…
12/18/1953
Black and white photograph of Richmond Fire chief Finnegan and Captain W. H. Hayes of Station #19, on Maple Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; image shows…
View Of Highland Park Apartment After It Was Dama…
1/9/1956
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at 2915-2917 4th Avenue, in Highland Park, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-story brick bu…