Finnegan Photograph Collection
from The Valentine
This collection contains images related to the activities of the Richmond Fire Department.
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Images
Gas Plant Fire Threatens Nearby Buildings
1943
Black and white photograph showing firefighters and air raid wardens working the scene of a fire at the Easton, Pennsylvania gas works; image likely …
Wrecked Railroad Terminal
1943
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of an eight alarm fire which swept through Broad Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; image…
Navy Boat Aflame
1942
Black and white photograph showing the U.S.S. Prairie at the height of a fire which swept her decks while docked at Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada; i…
Chemicals Feed Factory Blaze
1942
Black and white photograph showing spectators watching from their backyards as flames rage through a Chicago, Illinois factory; image likely appeared…
Blaze Destroys Loft Building
1943
Black and white photograph showing firefighters battling a three alarm fire on Water Street in New York City, New York; image likely appeared in a Ri…
![[Fire in Brooklyn]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38927/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in Brooklyn]
1941
Black and white photograph showing smoke billowing from a structure on fire in Brooklyn, New York; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia news…
Forty Escape Terrifying Blaze
1944
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a collision between a streetcar and a gasoline transport in Kansas City, Kansas; image likely app…
Fall River Fire Thirty-Six Hours After
1941
Black and white photograph showing smoke rolling up from the Firestone Rubber and Latex Corporation at Fall River, Massachusetts, thirty-six hours af…
![[Fire in Boarding House]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38933/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in Boarding House]
1934
Black and white photograph showing firefighters battling a blaze in a multi-story brick rooming house in New York City, New York; image likely appear…
Massachusetts Workers Flee Flames
1943
Black and white photograph showing workers evacuating the Omaha Packing Company plant during a fire in Lowell, Massachusetts; image likely appeared i…
![[Jersey City Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38952/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Jersey City Fire]
1941
Black and white photograph showing smoke and flames shooting into the air from a fire near the rail station in Jersey City, New Jersey; image likely …
Million Gallon Alcohol Fire in New Orleans
1933
Black and white photograph showing firefighters battling a blaze at the United States Industrial Alcohol Company in New Orleans, Louisiana; image lik…
Crowd Flees Burning Circus Tent
1944
Black and white photograph showing men, women and children fleeing a burning circus tent in Hartford, Connecticut; image likely appeared in a Richmon…
Firemen Battle New Haven Railroad Blaze
1944
Black and white photograph showing firefighters battling a blaze in the railroad yard at New Haven, Connecticut; image likely appeared in a Richmond,…
Fire Buckles Freight Cars
1944
Black and white photograph of a Coast Guard fireboat battling a blaze near the freight rail yard at Hampton Roads, Virginia; image likely appeared in…
Career Week at Virginia Union University
10/1974
Black and white photograph of firefighters Lt. S. E. Gibson and Douglas Bracey posing with a student during Career Week at Virginia Union University …
Career Week at Virginia Union University
10/1974
Black and white photograph of firefighters Lt. S. E. Gibson and Douglas Bracey showing a student the Richmond Fire Department display during Career W…
Richmond Firefighter Celebration
Pre 1959
Black and white photograph a firehouse celebration in Richmond, Virginia; four Richmond firefighters, including Charlie Willis (Clerk of Fire), J. F.…
![[Richmond Fire Chief Finnegan]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39282/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Richmond Fire Chief Finnegan]
11/7/1979
Color Polaroid photograph showing Richmond, Virginia Fire Chief John Francis Finnegan, Jr.; Finnegan wears dress uniform and stands in a fire station…
Fire Chief Office
1955
Black and white photograph showing Richmond Fire Battalion Chief W. R. Cardwell and department secretary Ethel Stewart clowning for the camera; the p…
Warren Kersey
11/22/1965
Black and white photograph of Warren Kersey, a Richmond, Virginia firefighter from Engine Company #17 at 2901 Bainbridge Street in Manchester; Kersey…
![City Hardware [Display]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39290/1/thumbnail.webp)
City Hardware [Display]
1/1/1969
Black and white photograph of a display near a window at the City Hardware store, 1317 Hull Street in Manchester, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the…
Captain Tyler and Joe Dagliano
4/30/1974
Color photograph showing Captain B. Tyler presenting a trophy to retiring firefighter Joe Dagliano; the men stand in a room in a Richmond, Virginia f…
Captain Tyler and Joe Dagliano
4/30/1974
Color photograph showing Captain B. Tyler presenting a trophy to retiring firefighter Joe Dagliano; the men stand in a room in a Richmond, Virginia f…