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 in Staunton Theater]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38908/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in Staunton Theater]
1936
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a fire in a theater in Staunton, Virginia; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspape…
Strategy in Fighting Oil Well Fire
1938
Black and white photograph showing firefighters battling a blaze in an oil well in Kilgore, Texas; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia news…
Oil Blaze Defies 600 Firemen
1938
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress at the Sinclair Oil Company refining plant in Wellsville, New York; image likely appeared in a …
Flames Sweep Palisades Amusement Park
1944
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a fire at the Palisades Amusement Park in Cliffside, New Jersey; image likely appeared in a Richm…
Tank Cars Blaze After Train Wreck
1943
Black and white photograph showing three railroad tank cars on fire after colliding with a passenger train in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; image likely…
Fire Damages Tinker Field Hanger
1946
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress in the main hanger at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; image likely appeared in a Richmon…
Flames Eat Up $5,000,000
1938
Black and white photograph showing a forest fire sweeping through homes in the Pacific Palisades sector north of Santa Monica, California; image like…
Fire-Ravaged Hallway of Chicago's Congress Hotel
1946
Black and white photograph showing firefighters clearing away smoking timbers from a hallway inside the Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois; image li…
Another Fire in Boston
1942
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress at the Armory Building in Boston, Massachusetts; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia …
Victim Carried From Seattle Sanitarium Fire
1943
Black and white photograph showing a fire victim being carried from the Lake Forest Sanitarium in Seattle, Washington; image likely appeared in a Ric…
Guests on Upper Floors See Flames Below
1946
Black and white photograph showing firefighters battling a fire in a multi-story hotel building; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspa…
Ice Coats Burned Rail Station
1943
Black and white photograph showing ice covering remains of the passenger rail station in downtown Burlington, Iowa after a fire destroyed the buildin…
Fire Sweeps Massachusetts Town
1933
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a fire which swept through Lowell, Massachusetts; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia n…
Fire Destroys Washington's Center Market
1946
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the Center Market in Washington, D. C.; image likely appeared in a Richmond…
Brush Fires Threaten Homes
1942
Black and white photograph showing homeowners removing furniture from homes as a brush fire moves in from the hills north of Santa Monica, California…
Gutted Lobby in Hotel Tragedy
1946
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a fire at the Canfield Hotel in Dubuque, Iowa; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia news…
Four Alarm Blaze Sweeps Warehouse
1946
Black and white photograph showing firefighters battling a four alarm blaze in a tobacco warehouse in New York City, New York; image likely appeared …
Fire Victims in Garage Morgue
1943
Black and white photograph showing police and fire officials attempting to identify bodies taken from a burned hotel in New York City, New York; imag…
After Hospital Blaze
1945
Black and white photograph showing a firefighter shoveling debris at the bottom of a staircase after a fire at the Niles Street Hospital in Hartford,…
Government Probes War Work Plant Fire
1942
Black and white photograph showing firefighters battling a blaze at two yarn mills involved in making Army cloth in Pawtucket, Rhode Island; image li…
Firemen Fight Philadelphia Fire
1946
Black and white photograph showing firefighters battling a five alarm warehouse fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; image likely appeared in a Richmo…
![[After Hospital Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38943/1/thumbnail.webp)
[After Hospital Fire]
1935
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a fire in a hospital (?); image of charred remains of bedframes in large room; image likely appea…
Fighting A Fire On A Hudson River Pier
1944
Black and white photograph showing fireboats pouring water on a fire at Pier 4 in Hoboken, New Jersey; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia …
$300,000 Box Mill Fire
1946
Black and white photograph of a fire in progress at the Bath Box Company in Bath, Maine; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper. In…