Finnegan Photograph Collection
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This collection contains images related to the activities of the Richmond Fire Department.
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![[Ideal Fishing Float Company Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38016/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Ideal Fishing Float Company Fire]
4/18/1943
Black and white photograph of Richmond City fire fighters inside the fire-damaged Ideal Fishing Float Company building, at 2001 E. Franklin Street in…
Firemen Search Smoke-Filled Building After Removi…
5/24/1943
Black and white photograph of Richmond City fire fighters entering smoke-filled building at 3rd and Broad Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; im…
![[Staples Bakery Building Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38018/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Staples Bakery Building Fire]
10/14/1943
Black and white photograph of Richmond City fire fighters (Engine Co. # 17) working a fire at the Staples Bakery Building at 18th and Hull Streets, n…
Explosion and Fire Wreck Plant of Haskell Chemica…
11/7/1943
Black and white photograph of Richmond City Fire Battalion Chiefs Parrish (left) and Cardwell, surveying fire damage at the Haskell Chemical Company,…
Employees at Moskins Check Damage By Fire Last Ni…
11/10/1943
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at Moskins Credit Clothing Company, 218 E. Broad Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image …
Hand Pumps Called Out
11/27/1943
Black and white photograph of a brush fire raging in the West End near the University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia; image shows an unidentified v…
![[Old Bell]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38022/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Old Bell]
11/28/1943
Black and white photograph of a Richmond City fire fighter in dress uniform; image shows the man looking at a large metal bell atop fire station (?) …
Fire Bell Rings Only the Hours in 1943
11/29/1943
Black and white photograph of a Richmond City fire fighter in dress uniform inside a fire station in Richmond, Virginia; image shows fire fighter W. …
![[Standard Oil Terminal Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38024/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Standard Oil Terminal Fire]
12/23/1943
Black and white photograph of Richmond City fire fighters battling a seven alarm blaze at the Standard Oil Terminal in Manchester (E. 2nd and Stockt…
Scenes From $50,000 Fire
12/23/1943
Black and white photograph of Richmond City fire fighters battling a seven alarm blaze at the Standard Oil Terminal in Manchester (E. 2nd and Stockt…
![[Standard Oil Terminal Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38026/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Standard Oil Terminal Fire]
12/23/1943
Black and white photograph of a seven alarm blaze at the Standard Oil Terminal in Manchester (E. 2nd and Stockton Streets), Richmond, Virginia; image…
As Firemen Fought Three-Alarm Blaze Here Yesterday
12/30/1943
Black and white photograph of Richmond City fire fighters battling a fire at a casket company in Richmond, Virginia; image shows fire fighters on the…
![[Richmond Fire Department Officers]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38028/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Richmond Fire Department Officers]
1944
Black and white photograph of eight men posing outdoors on the steps of a large brick building in Richmond, Virginia; seven of the men wear dress uni…
![[Fire at Southern Athletic Supply Company]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38030/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at Southern Athletic Supply Company]
2/20/1944
Black and white photograph of fire-damaged room at the Southern Athletic Supply Company, 106 N. 7th Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image, ta…
![[Fire at Southern Athletic Supply Company]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38031/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at Southern Athletic Supply Company]
2/20/1944
Black and white photograph of fire-damaged room at the Southern Athletic Supply Company, 106 N. 7th Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image, ta…
Hotel Jefferson Fire Scenes
3/10/1944
Black and white photograph of a fire at the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows two men wrapped in blankets returning to their rooms aft…
Hotel Jefferson Fire Scenes
3/10/1944
Black and white photograph of a four alarm fire at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia; image shows knotted bed sheets hanging from open hotel …
Hotel Jefferson Fire Scenes
3/10/1944
Black and white photograph of a four alarm fire at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia; image shows displaced guests being served coffee by a m…
![[Engine Company No. 20 - Forest Hill]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38035/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Engine Company No. 20 - Forest Hill]
March 22, 1944
Black and white photograph of Richmond Auxiliary fire fighter W. C. Rogers asleep at the Forest Hill fire house in Richmond, Virginia; image shows Ro…
![[Atlas Baking Company Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38037/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Atlas Baking Company Fire]
3/30/1944
Black and white photograph of a fire at the Atlas Baking Company, 112-118 W. Marshall Street, in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows fire f…
![[City Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38038/1/thumbnail.webp)
[City Fire]
4/17/1944
Black and white photograph of a fire in a residential area of downtown Richmond, Virginia; image, taken from above, shows hook and ladder truck parke…
Burning Vehicles in Which Three Persons Died in C…
8/26/1944
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fiery car accident in Richmond, Virginia; image shows an oil tanker truck engulfed in smoke and flam…
![[Fire in City Hall Record Room]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38040/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in City Hall Record Room]
11/22/1944
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire in the Richmond City Hall records room, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a small room with file …
![[Files Damaged by Blaze in City Hall Record Room]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38041/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Files Damaged by Blaze in City Hall Record Room]
11/22/1944
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire in the Richmond City Hall records room, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a group of men surveyin…