Finnegan Photograph Collection
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This collection contains images related to the activities of the Richmond Fire Department.
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![[Alsop-Pettit Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38069/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Alsop-Pettit Fire]
2/19/1946
Black and white photograph of a 3-alarm fire in progress at the Alsop-Pettit Furniture Store, in the 300 block of W. Broad Street in Richmond, Virgin…
Call Out The Reserves!
3/5/1946
Black and white photograph of three fire fighters battling just one of a series of field fires that occurred on the same day in Richmond, Virginia; i…
Call Out The Reserves!
3/5/1946
Black and white photograph of three fire fighters battling just one of a series of field fires that occurred on the same day in Richmond, Virginia; i…
Firemen Battle Three-Alarm Fire Which Destroyed G…
3/11/1946
Black and white photograph of fire fighters battling a three-alarm fire at the Gerhardt warehouse, 2007 W. Broad Street, in the Fan District, Richmon…
Firemen Battle Stubborn Blaze at Fulton Gas Works
3/12/1946
Black and white photograph of fire fighters battling a blaze at the Fulton Gas Works, on Williamsburg Road in Richmond, Virginia; image shows fire fi…
Firemen Battle Stubborn Blaze at Fulton Gas Works
3/12/1946
Black and white photograph of fire fighters battling a blaze at the Fulton Gas Works, on Williamsburg Road, Richmond, Virginia; image shows fire figh…
Firemen Fight Blaze At South Side Warehouse
4/4/1946
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a blaze at a south side warehouse in Richmond, Virginia; image shows fire fighters rummaging through a…
Three-Alarm Fire Badly Damages Lumber Mill on Nor…
4/6/1946
Black and white photograph of Richmond City fire fighters battling a night time blaze at a lumber mill on N. Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia; image s…
Interior Of Muhleman & Kayhoe Lumber Mill After T…
4/5/1946
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a 3-alarm fire at the Muhleman & Kayhoe Lumber Mill, at 505 E. Franklin Street, in downtown Richmond, …
Prompt Action. Small Loss
7/27/1946
Black and white photograph of a fire at the Hotel Richmond, 9th and E. Grace Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image, taken from above, shows …
![[Richmond Fire Department]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38079/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Richmond Fire Department]
7/30/1946
Black and white photograph of a team of Richmond, Virginia city fire fighters preparing their fire equipment for action; the five men, all in dark pa…
Battalion Chief Cardwell Directs Dredge Fire Figh…
10/1/1946
Black and white photograph of Richmond City fire fighters examining wreckage after a fire left a dredge burned and partially submerged in the James R…
Fire Leaves Dredge In James River Partly Submerged
10/1/1946
Black and white photograph of a burned and partially submerged dredge in the James River. Inscription: Stamped __"Oct 1 1946" __Verso Geographic De…
Nurses Help Battle Hospital Blaze
10/10/1946
Black and white photograph of nurses at St. Luke's Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, assisting a Richmond City fire fighter with a fire in the attic of t…
Fire Chief Finnegan (top) Looks Over What's Left …
10/27/1946
Black and white photograph of three Richmond City fire fighters, including Fire Chief Finnegan, looking at the remains of Room 562, in the Hotel Rich…
Firemen Perform As "Human Flies"
11/12/1946
Black and white photograph of members of the Richmond Fire Department's drill team going through their paces at the five-story drill tower at 28th an…
Firemen Battle Flames Which Broke Out, Soon After…
12/19/1946
Black and white photograph of a fire fighters battling a blaze at the Carter-Venable Feed Company, 1001-1007 E. Canal Street, in the financial distri…
Firemen Battle Blaze in Which 2 Negro Children Pe…
1/23/1947
Black and white photograph of fire fighters battling a blaze in a home on 9th Street in Richmond, Virginia; image shows two fire fighters standing wi…
Fire Chief Finnegan (Right) Inspects Hotel Fire D…
1/26/1947
Black and white photograph of Richmond Fire Chief Finnegan inspecting fire damage to the William Byrd Hotel, 2501 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia…
![[New Aerial Ladder Truck]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38088/1/thumbnail.webp)
[New Aerial Ladder Truck]
1/29/1947
Black and white photograph of Richmond fire fighters inspecting a new 100 foot Pirsch aerial ladder trailer, in front of Station #3 on W. Leigh Stree…
Fireman Coleman F. Jones Mans the Tiller on City'…
3/14/1947
Black and white photograph of Richmond fireman, Coleman F. Jones manning the tiller on Richmond, Virginia's newest fire truck; image shows Jones, in …
A Fireman Examines The Charred Interior of Dr. Wh…
5/10/1947
Black and white photograph of a Richmond city fire fighter examining the charred interior of Dr. [Otis] Whitlock's living room, 306 W. Franklin Stree…
Rookie Firemen Fight Seventh Street Dump Blaze
8/16/1947
Black and white photograph of rookie firemen fighting a fire at the 7th Street dump in Richmond, Virginia; image shows four young men in street cloth…
![[Rookie Firemen Learn First Aid]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38092/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Rookie Firemen Learn First Aid]
8/19/1947
Black and white photograph of rookie firemen learning first aid from the Richmond chapter of the American Red Cross in Richmond, Virginia; image show…