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 Scrap Dealer]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37964/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at Scrap Dealer]
5/17/1938
Black and white photograph of fire engulfing the remains of the M. Louis Shaffer Junk Company, at 4th and Bainbridge Streets, in Manchester, Richmond…
![[New Fire Station on Thompson Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37966/1/thumbnail.webp)
[New Fire Station on Thompson Street]
1938
Black and white photograph of the interior of a new City of Richmond fire station at 412 N. Thompson Street, between Stuart and Patterson Avenues in …
Flames Grip Lumber Plant
4/7/1937
Black and white photograph showing the Sitterding-Carneal-Davis Lumber and Millwork Company plant at Lombardy and Moore Streets, Richmond, Virginia; …
Fire Department Additions
2/21/1938
Black and white photograph showing a new, specially designed drill tower built for the Richmond Fire Department at 28th and S Streets, in north Churc…
![[Richmond Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37969/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Richmond Fire]
8/20/1938
Black and white photograph showing several members of a new Richmond Fire Department drill team emerging from a smoky doorway in a brick building; th…
![[Bone Dry Fertilizer Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37970/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Bone Dry Fertilizer Fire]
1/7/1938
Black and white photograph of wreckage left after a fire destroyed the Bone Dry Fertilizer Company at 1901 Dock Street (Shockoe Bottom) in Richmond, …
![[Bone Dry Fertilizer Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37971/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Bone Dry Fertilizer Fire]
1/7/1938
Black and white photograph of evidence left after a fire destroyed the Bone Dry Fertilizer Company at 1901 Dock Street (Shockoe Bottom) in Richmond, …
Flames Demolish Lumberyard
6/10/1939
Black and white photograph of a group of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm blaze at the Ruffin & Payne lumber company, 1701 5th A…
Flames Demolish Lumberyard
6/10/1939
Black and white photograph of a warehouse building engulfed in flames; image shows a three-alarm blaze at the Ruffin & Payne lumber company, 1701…
Explosion Sets Apartment House Aflame
1/6/1940
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a three-alarm fire at the Brandon Apartments, 1106 W. Grace Street (the Fan District), Richmond, Virgi…
Explosion Sets Apartment House Aflame
1/6/1940
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the Brandon Apartments, 1106 W. Grace Street (the Fan Distric…
![[Fire at L. N. Cooke Safe and Lock Company]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37978/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at L. N. Cooke Safe and Lock Company]
7/15/1941
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the L. N. Cooke Safe & Lock Company and Lawyers Title Ins…
![[Fire at L. N. Cooke Safe and Lock Company]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37979/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at L. N. Cooke Safe and Lock Company]
7/15/1941
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the L. N. Cooke Safe & Lock Company and Lawyers Title Ins…
Main Street Blaze Stops Midday Traffic
7/15/1941
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the L. N. Cooke Safe & Lock Company and Lawyers Title Ins…
![[Bo]nes of Three Alarm Fire Here](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37981/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Bo]nes of Three Alarm Fire Here
5/18/1941
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the General Construction Corporation, 3510 W. Broad Street, R…
Three-Alarm Fire Guts Planing Mill
4/29/1941
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the Joseph Heppert & Sons Planing Mill, 906 Catherine Str…
Three-Alarm Fire Guts Planing Mill
4/29/1941
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the Joseph Heppert & Sons Planing Mill, 906 Catherine Str…
$100, 000 Gone Up In Smoke
7/8/1941
Black and white photograph of the smoldering remains of E. C. Brinser's Sons Tool Company at Petersburg Pike and Fairfax Avenue in Chesterfield Coun…
$100, 000 Gone Up In Smoke
7/8/1941
Black and white photograph of a group of firefighters and bystanders standing near the remains of E. C. Brinser's Sons Tool Company at Petersburg Pi…
Fire Destroys Guano Plant
10/25/1961
Black and white photograph of billowing smoke pouring from a fire at the Richmond Guano Plant near the city docks in Henrico County, Virginia; image …
Fire Destroys Guano Plant
10/25/1961
Black and white photograph of the smoldering remains of the Richmond Guano Plant near the city docks in Henrico County, Virginia; image shows piles o…
Fire Destroys Guano Plant
10/25/1961
Black and white photograph of the smoldering remains of the Richmond Guano Plant near the city docks in Henrico County, Virginia; image shows piles o…
![[Firefighters at Work]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37989/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Firefighters at Work]
7/16/1941
Black and white photograph of firefighters battling a fire in a large brick warehouse building; image shows a group of firefighters on a rooftop aimi…
Main Street Fire Blocks Traffic
1/29/1941
Black and white photograph of a fire at the A. A. Schwartz Stationery Store at 1114 East Main Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a c…