Finnegan Photograph Collection
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This collection contains images related to the activities of the Richmond Fire Department.
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Retired Fire Bureau Members
Circa 1972
Color photograph showing retired Richmond Fire Department members; men pose in casual clothes in front of the Fire Training building in Sandston, Vir…
![[Richmond Fire Awards Ceremony]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39412/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Richmond Fire Awards Ceremony]
1975
Black and white photograph showing Richmond, Virginia firefighters Fred Robinson, Rechey Rowe and Bobby Seay receiving awards from Richmond Fire Chie…
![[Richmond Fire Awards Ceremony]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39413/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Richmond Fire Awards Ceremony]
Circa 1975
Black and white photograph showing Richmond, Virginia firefighters Louis Leigh, Dan Myers, Gary Holt and Lester Ballard being congratulated after an …
![[American Red Cross Life Saving Awards]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39414/1/thumbnail.webp)
[American Red Cross Life Saving Awards]
1/12/1978
Black and white photograph showing six Richmond, Virginia firefighters and police officers posing together during the American Red Cross Life Saving …
![[American Red Cross Awards]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39415/1/thumbnail.webp)
[American Red Cross Awards]
1/12/1978
Black and white photograph showing six Richmond, Virginia firefighters and police officers posing together during an American Red Cross awards ceremo…
![[Richmond Fire Department - A and B Platoons]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39416/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Richmond Fire Department - A and B Platoons]
Circa 1932
Mounted sepia tone photograph of Platoon A and Platoon B of the Richmond, Virginia Fire Department; the men, all in dress uniform, pose outside in fr…
Richmond Fire Department
1946
Black and white photograph of the Richmond Fire Department; uniformed men from a battalion led by Battalion Chief W. R. Cardwell and F. W. Luck, pose…
Richmond Fire Department
1946
Black and white photograph of the Richmond Fire Department; uniformed men from a battalion led by Battalion Chief J. F. Finnegan and J. E. Morgan, po…
Richmond Fire Department
1946
Black and white photograph of the Richmond Fire Department; uniformed men pose on steps of the Virginia State Capitol building in Richmond, Virginia;…
Richmond Fire Department
1946
Black and white photograph of the Richmond Fire Department; uniformed men from a battalion led by Assistant Fire Chief A. F. Taylor and Battalion Chi…
![[C & O Trestle Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37955/1/thumbnail.webp)
[C & O Trestle Fire]
6/1/1936
Black and white photograph showing the C & O (Chesapeake and Ohio) branch trestle on fire, Richmond, Virginia; the Richmond city gas works (Fulton?) …
![[New Fire Station on Thompson Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37965/1/thumbnail.webp)
[New Fire Station on Thompson Street]
1938
Black and white photograph of the new City of Richmond, Virginia fire station at 412 N. Thompson Street, between Stuart and Patterson Avenues; image …
Explosion Sets Apartment House Aflame
1/6/1940
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the Brandon Apartments, 1106 W. Grace Street (the Fan Distric…
Explosion Sets Apartment House Aflame
1/6/1940
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the Brandon Apartments, 1106 W. Grace Street (the Fan Distric…
Flames Trap 30 In Hotel
12/1/1942
Black and white photograph showing a fire underway at Miller's Hotel, 2nd and Leigh Streets, in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows several…
Small Fire Calls Out Plenty Of Equipment
1/7/1944
Black and white photograph of the Central YMCA building at 2 W. Franklin Street, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a fire hose snaking …
![[Atlas Baking Company Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38036/1/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 a ladd…
Fire Wrecks Hippodrome Theater
7/12/1945
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm blaze at the Hippodrome Theater, 528 N. 2nd Street, in Jackson Ward, …
![[Murphy's Hotel Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38053/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Murphy's Hotel Fire]
7/24/1945
Black and white photograph of a fire in progress at Murphy's Hotel, 8th and Broad Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a pair of fire…
![[St. Luke's Hospital Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38059/1/thumbnail.webp)
[St. Luke's Hospital Fire]
11/21/1945
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress [near?] St. Luke's Hospital, 1000 W. Grace Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; ima…
Scene of Second Fire Saturday at Hotel William By…
1/27/1947
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at the Hotel William Byrd, 2501 W. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; image shows Mrs. Shirley…
Firemen Put Out Blaze On V. T. C. Bus On Franklin…
9/5/1947
Black and white photograph of firemen putting out a fire on a Virginia Transportation Company bus; the bus sits in the middle of the 700 block of E. …
Fuse-Box Coin Causes Blaze On 'N' Street
12/26/1947
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire caused by a penny placed in a fuse box at 3213 N. Street, in the Chimborazo neighborhood, Richm…
![[Fire at Carter-Venable Feed Company]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38125/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at Carter-Venable Feed Company]
12/22/1946
Black and white photograph of fire fighters battling a blaze at the Carter-Venable Feed Company, 1001-1007 E. Canal Street, in the financial district…