Finnegan Photograph Collection
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This collection contains images related to the activities of the Richmond Fire Department.
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Acceptance Test
4/26/1977
Color photograph showing an "Acceptance Test" in progress by the Richmond Fire Department; image of two 1000 GPM Macks (Engine Co. #5 and Engine Co. …
Acceptance Test
4/26/1977
Color photograph showing an "Acceptance Test" in progress by the Richmond Fire Department; image of two 1000 GPM Macks (Engine Co. #5 and Engine Co. …
Acceptance Test
4/26/1977
Color photograph showing an "Acceptance Test" in progress by the Richmond Fire Department; image of two 1000 GPM Macks (Engine Co. #5 and Engine Co. …
Acceptance Test
4/26/1977
Color photograph showing an "Acceptance Test" in progress by the Richmond Fire Department; image of two 1000 GPM Macks (Engine Co. #5 and Engine Co. …
Acceptance Test
4/26/1977
Color photograph showing an "Acceptance Test" in progress by the Richmond Fire Department; image of two 1000 GPM Macks (Engine Co. #5 and Engine Co. …
![Special Call [2518-2520 Q Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39208/1/thumbnail.webp)
Special Call [2518-2520 Q Street]
5/10/1977
Color photograph showing a frame building on fire at 2518-2520 Q Street in Union Hill, Richmond, Virginia; Richmond firefighters climb ladder to seco…
Much More Nightclub Club Fire
7/31/1977
Color photograph showing a three-alarm fire in progress at the Much More nightclub, 2729 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: Stamped _…
![1932 Seagrave 85' Wooden Ladder [Truck]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39283/1/thumbnail.webp)
1932 Seagrave 85' Wooden Ladder [Truck]
Circa 1935
Black and white photograph showing a 1932 Seagrave 85' wooden ladder truck parked at 908 E. Broad Street in front of the Richmond Motor Company in do…
Captain W. J. McNamara
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of Richmond Fire Captain W. J. McNarmara standing in front of Engine Company #8, 500 Denny Street in the Fulton neighborho…
![[Engine Company #8]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39300/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Engine Company #8]
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of the members of Engine Company #8, 500 Denny Street in the Fulton neighborhood, Richmond, Virginia; seated in truck are …
![[Drowning at] 2nd and The Canal](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38673/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Drowning at] 2nd and The Canal
8/10/1966
Black and white photograph showing the scene of a drowning (?) at S. 2nd Street and the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia; view of …
![[Drowning at] 2nd and The Canal](https://cdn.maprva.org/7117737992524caf2f92_thumb)
[Drowning at] 2nd and The Canal
8/10/1966
Black and white photograph showing the scene of a drowning (?) at S. 2nd Street and the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia; view of …
![[Drowning at] 2nd and The Canal](https://cdn.maprva.org/68e0bfa82c2184df623e_thumb)
[Drowning at] 2nd and The Canal
8/10/1966
Black and white photograph showing the scene of a drowning (?) at S. 2nd Street and the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia; view of …
Richmond Fire Chief Finnegan, Sr.
9/2/1957
Black and white photograph of Richmond, Virginia Fire Chief, John Francis Finnegan, Sr.; Finnegan wears firefighting gear and white hat; inspects flo…
New Richmond Fire Sleeve Patch
Circa 1970
Black and white photograph of a new Richmond, Virginia Bureau of Fire sleeve patch; image of an embroidered patch with the Richmond, Virginia seal in…
Richmond Fire Battalion Chief Finnegan, Jr. in Of…
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph of Richmond, Virginia Fire Battalion Chief John Francis Finnegan, Jr. in his office with another officer; both men wear dr…
Fire Prevention Class
5/1974
Color photograph showing Inspector Steve Foreman conducting an educational fire prevention class in a school classroom in Richmond, Virginia. Inscri…
![[Fire at the Kern Hotel, Lansing, Michigan]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38874/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at the Kern Hotel, Lansing, Michigan]
1934
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress at the Kern Hotel in Lansing, Michigan; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper…
![[Fire in Marshfield, Massachusetts]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38878/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in Marshfield, Massachusetts]
1941
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a fire that destroyed 450 homes in Marshfield, Massachusetts; image likely appeared in a Richmond…
Aerial View of Allentown, Pa., General Alarm Blaz…
1946
Black and white photograph showing an aerial view of fire in progress in Allentown, Pennsylvania; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newsp…
Downtown Fire in Allentown
1946
Black and white photograph showing an aerial view of fire in progress in Allentown, Pennsylvania; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newsp…
Fireboats Fight Million Dollar Pier Fire
1944
Black and white photograph showing Coast Guard and New York City fireboats pouring water on the smoking remains of Pier 4, Hoboken, New Jersey; image…
Defense Store of Rubber Goes Up in Smoke At Fall …
1941
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress at the Firestone plant in Fall River, Massachusetts; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virgi…
Aerial View of Blaze Which Swept Through a Chemic…
1946
Black and white photograph showing an aerial view of fire in progress at a chemical plant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; image likely appeared in a R…