Finnegan Photograph Collection
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This collection contains images related to the activities of the Richmond Fire Department.
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Atomic Energy Class
1961
Black and white photograph showing a group of fire instructors from all over the state of Virginia posing outside a hotel (?) during an Atomic Energy…
QM Base Depot Fire Department, Giessen, Germany
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph showing the QM (Quarter Master) Base Depot Fire Department in Giessen, Germany; image of U. S. Army jeeps parked in front …
Richmond Fire Collage
Circa 1960
Black and white photographic collage showing four images from the Richmond, Virginia Fire department; lower right corner, showing Jim Hedgepeth and G…
Richmond Fire and City Officials
1948-1953
Black and white photograph showing a group of Richmond Fire Department and city officials; the six men pose on steps inside old City Hall in Richmond…
Richmond Fire Officials
1950-1959
Black and white photograph showing a group of Richmond, Virginia Fire Department officials standing outside at night (Fire Show?); identified on vers…
Richmond Fire Officials
Circa 1959
Black and white photograph showing a group of Richmond, Virginia Fire Department officials standing together inside an unidentified fire house; six m…
Richmond Fire Officials Present Citation
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing Richmond Fire chief J. F. Finnegan, Jr. and another fire official presenting a citation to Maggie Walker High Scho…
New Richmond Fire Station No. 5
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing the nearly completed Richmond Fire Station No. 5 at 324 W. Leigh Street in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image…
Richmond Fire Chief, J. F. Finnegan, Jr.
12/1974
Black and white photograph showing Richmond Fire Chief John Francis Finnegan, Jr. in his office. Inscription: Written __"12/74" __Verso
Fire at Blanton Building
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph of a fire in progress at the Blanton Building, a new state office building at Governor and Bank Streets in downtown Richmo…
![[Traffic Accident]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38839/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Traffic Accident]
1950-1965
Black and white photograph showing the scene of an automobile accident. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va.
![[House Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38840/1/thumbnail.webp)
[House Fire]
1950-1965
Black and white photograph showing Richmond, Virginia firefighters battling a blaze in a two-story brick town home; ladders lean against house; firef…
![[House Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38841/1/thumbnail.webp)
[House Fire]
1950-1965
Black and white photograph showing Richmond, Virginia firefighters battling a blaze in a two-story frame house. Inscription: Stamped __"Richmond Bur…
![[Ready for Inspection]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38842/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Ready for Inspection]
1950-1965
Black and white photograph showing Richmond firefighters posing at attention on and near an aerial ladder truck; the men wear dress uniforms with hat…
![[Alley Area]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38844/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Alley Area]
Circa 1960
Black and white photograph showing several small houses in an alleyway or back lot; small frame church at left.
![[Fire Officer with Show Girls]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38845/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire Officer with Show Girls]
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing a man in dress uniform of the Richmond, Virginia Fire Department (?) posing with three women dressed as show girls…
Selma, Virginia school building as it went up in …
11/15/1935
Black and white photograph showing a school building in Selma, Virginia (near Clifton Forge, Virginia) after it went up in flames; image of smoke fil…
Selma, Virginia graded school building as roof an…
11/15/1935
Black and white photograph showing a school building in Selma, Virginia (near Clifton Forge, Virginia) as the roof and south wall collapse during a f…
Selma, Virginia school building a few moments aft…
11/15/1935
Black and white photograph showing a school building in Selma, Virginia (near Clifton Forge, Virginia) a few moments after the roof and second floor …
![[Fire in] Pulaski](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38849/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in] Pulaski
7/29/1944
Black and white photograph showing a brick building on fire in Pulaski County, Virginia. Inscription: Stamped __"Jul 29 1944" __Verso Geographic De…
Fireman Overcome in Naval Station Fire
3/6/1946
Black and white photograph showing Private C. A. Chamberlain of No. 1 Rescue Squad administering oxygen to Private Ray Henry, 15th Engine Company, af…
Navy Firemen Fight Blaze in Installations at Norf…
1/18/1945
Black and white photograph showing U. S. Navy firemen battling a blaze at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia; firefighters stand on small boat …
![[Petersburg Fire Department]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38852/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Petersburg Fire Department]
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph of a Petersburg, Virginia fire engine parked in front of the brick station house; two firefighters in dress uniform pose w…
Hopewell Armory Burns to the Ground
12/28/1940
Black and white photograph of an early morning fire destroyng the Hopewell (Virginia) Armory at City Point; image shows smoke and flames engulfing th…