Finnegan Photograph Collection
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This collection contains images related to the activities of the Richmond Fire Department.
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American Hardware Company's Lumber Yard at Coloni…
8/12/1941
Black and white photograph showing a fire sweeping through the American Hardware Company's lumber yard in Colonial Heights, Virginia; image of piles …
Firemen Battle Freight Train Blaze at Petersburg
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph showing [Petersburg] firefighters battling a blaze on a freight train in Petersburg, Virginia; the men aim a fire hose at …
![[Fire in] Bowling Green](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38856/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in] Bowling Green
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing the side of a building collapsing during a fire in Bowling Green, Virginia. Inscription: Stamped __"Dressler Phot…
![[Fire Banquet]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38857/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire Banquet]
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph showing a group of Richmond, Virginia Fire Department firefighters seated at two tables set up inside a fire station; the …
![[Fire in] Bowling Green](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38858/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in] Bowling Green
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing firefighters working on a blaze in Bowling Green, Virginia. Inscription: Stamped __"Dressler Photo / 1005 Crafton…
![[Fire in] Bowling Green](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38859/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in] Bowling Green
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing firefighters working on a blaze in Bowling Green, Virginia; Richmond Fire Chief Finnegan in white helmet at right.…
![[Fire in] Bowling Green](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38860/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in] Bowling Green
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing firefighters working on a blaze in Bowling Green, Virginia; Richmond Fire Chief Finnegan in white helmet at center…
Mathews Co. Fire
1942
Black and white photograph showing an aerial view of a fire on Main Street, Mathews County, Virginia; several buildings on one side of the street are…
Cave In - Route 5 near Hatcher Street
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing damage caused by a sink hole on Route 5 near Hatcher Street and Rocketts Landing, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic …
Cave In - Route 5 near Hatcher Street
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing damage caused by a sink hole on Route 5 near Hatcher Street and Rocketts Landing, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic …
Cave In - Route 5 near Hatcher Street
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing damage caused by a sink hole on Route 5 near Hatcher Street and Rocketts Landing, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic …
Cave In - Route 5 near Hatcher Street
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing damage caused by a sink hole on Route 5 near Hatcher Street and Rocketts Landing, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic …
Cave In - Route 5 near Hatcher Street
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing damage caused by a sink hole on Route 5 near Hatcher Street and Rocketts Landing, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic …
Cave In - Route 5 near Hatcher Street
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing damage caused by a sink hole on Route 5 near Hatcher Street and Rocketts Landing, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic …
Cave In - Route 5 near Hatcher Street
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing damage caused by a sink hole on Route 5 near Hatcher Street and Rocketts Landing, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic …
Attempted Rescue
6/7/1973
Black and white photograph showing Richmond Fire department rescue personnel attempting a river rescue from the south side of the James River near th…
Individual Awaits Rescue
6/7/1973
Black and white photograph showing James Cypress fishing in the James River near the 9th Street Bridge in Richmond, Virginia; in background, man in s…
Anthony Branch Awaits Rescue in James
6/7/1973
Black and white photograph showing Anthony Branch awaiting rescue from the James River near the 9th Street Bridge in Richmond, Virginia; Branch in ha…
Rescued from James River
6/7/1973
Black and white photograph showing Anthony Branch walking away from the United States Army helicopter that rescued him from the James River near the …
Aged Patients Saved From Flames
1942
Black and white photograph showing elderly women being carried from a nursing home fire in Baltimore, Maryland; image likely appeared in a Richmond, …
Four-Alarm Blaze Wrecks Warehouse
1945
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress at the Lee Brothers Storage Warehouse in New York, New York; image likely appeared in a Richmon…
Explosion Wrecks Capital Home
1946
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of an explosion in a Washington, D. C. neighborhood; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia n…
Blaze Destroys Sash Factory
1936
Black and white photograph showing a fire blazing in a New Orleans, Louisiana sash plant; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper. I…
Blazing Oil Tank
1945
Black and white photograph showing flames shooting from a burning oil tank in Bayonne, New Jersey; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia news…