Finnegan Photograph Collection
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This collection contains images related to the activities of the Richmond Fire Department.
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Images
Where More Than 400 Died
1942
Black and white photograph showing firefighters inspecting the interior of the Cocoanut Grove night club in Boston, Massachusetts after a fatal fire;…
Pilot Saved From Burning Plane
1945
Black and white photograph showing firefighters attempting to rescue a pilot from a burning plane on the deck of an Essex class carrier in the Pacifi…
Blackened Walls of Boston Night Club Where More T…
1942
Black and white photograph showing the exterior of the Cocoanut Grove night club in Boston, Massachusetts after a fatal fire; image likely appeared i…
Houses Destroyed in Forest Fire
1941
Black and white photograph showing an aerial view of a house destroyed by fire in Lakewood, New Jersey; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia…
Fire Guts Waste Warehouse
1945
Black and white photograph showing the front wall of the Philadelphia Mill Waste Salvage Company collapsing during a 5-alarm fire in Philadelphia, Pe…
Fierce Fire Topples Building
1944
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress in a building in Kansas City, Missouri; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper…
Rescued From Burning Hotel
1946
Black and white photograph showing firefighters rescuing guests from a burning hotel in Dubuque, Iowa; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia …
Death Trap For Four Women
1935
Black and white photograph showing firefighters attempting to rescue a family from their burning home in Boston, Massachusetts; image likely appeared…
Shipyard Fire
1946
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress at the Evansville Shipyards in Evansville, Indiana; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virgin…
Where Five Perished
1935
Black and white photograph showing ruins of the fire-damaged St. Jean de Dieu Mental Hospital in Montreal, Canada; image likely appeared in a Richmon…
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[Country Home Destroyed]
1935
Black and white photograph showing the remains of a home in a rural area destroyed by fire; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper. …
Flames Roar in Background Following Gas Storage B…
1944
Black and white photograph showing flames rising from a gas storage tank in Cleveland, Ohio; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper.…
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[Army Bomber Crashes Into Memphis House]
1944
Black and white photograph showing firefighters inspecting damage after a U. S. Army bomber crashed into a house in Memphis, Tennessee; image likely …
German Prize Ship Burns
1946
Black and white photograph showing smoke billowing from the German prize ship "Empire Waveney," on fire in Liverpool harbor, England; image likely ap…
Destroyed By Canyon Fire
1943
Black and white photograph showing a man examining the ruins of a house destroyed by a wild fire several miles north of Santa Monica, California; ima…
Injured Fireman Carried Out
1943
Black and white photograph showing an injured firefighter being carried out of a burning hotel in New York City, New York; image likely appeared in a…
Fire Destroys Two Plants
1946
Black and white photograph showing firefighters battling a blaze at two adjoining manufacturing plants in surburban Chicago, Illinois; image likely a…
Victim of Tenement Fire
1946
Black and white photograph showing firefighters carrying the body of a woman from a New York City, New York tenement after a three-alarm blaze; image…
Fight 4-Alarm Blaze in Freezing Weather
1946
Black and white photograph showing firefighters fighting a four alarm fire in an unoccupied building in New York, New York; image likely appeared in …
Five Die in Poughkeepsie Fire
1935
Black and white photograph showing firefighters rescuing a woman from a fatal fire in an apartment house in Poughkeepsie, New York; image likely appe…
Summer Colony Destroyed By Fire
1945
Black and white photograph showing remaining smoke after fire destroyed more than 200 cottages at Alton Bay, New Hampshire; image likely appeared in …
Durham Warehouse District Gutted By Fire
1944
Black and white photograph showing remains of the tobacco warehouse district in Durham, North Carolina after a fire swept through the entire block; i…
Searching Wreckage For Victims
1945
Black and white photograph showing workmen removing wreckage from a house crushed by a landslide in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, in order to search for …
Fire's Aftermath
1945
Black and white photograph of a firefighter looking at an apartment house covered with ice as the result of a fire in Chicago, Illinois; image likely…