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Third prize design, W. C. Noland, architect
Richmond Nineteenth-Century P…
1987
Note: Reprint edition. Originally published 1896. A compilation of the daily issues of the Richmond Dispatch and the Richmond Times, for June 30-July…
Jefferson Davis, R.E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson …
Richmond Nineteenth-Century P…
1987
Note: Reprint edition. Originally published 1896. A compilation of the daily issues of the Richmond Dispatch and the Richmond Times, for June 30-July…
Richmond Fire Department
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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…
![New Fire Engine Added to Department as Fire Prevention Week Open[s]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37939/1/thumbnail.webp)
New Fire Engine Added to Department as Fire Preve…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1942-1944
Black and white photograph showing a 1942 Mach pumper (Type 80LS, Serial #1128) parked in front of the fire station (Engine #6 and Truck #3) at Lomba…
$13,500 Fire Engine Rises From Junk Pile
Finnegan Photograph Collection
2/4/1943
Black and white photograph showing eight men posing with a "resurrected" fire engine returned to service by the Department of Public Safety, Richmond…
![[New Fire Truck Arrives]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37941/1/thumbnail.webp)
[New Fire Truck Arrives]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1948
Black and white photograph showing a 1948 Peter Pirsch & Sons aerial ladder truck arriving at Main Street Station in downtown Richmond, Virginia;…
![[Fire at Night]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37942/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at Night]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
11/29/1933
Black and white photograph showing the silhouettes of three firefighters battling a blaze at the Richmond Guano Company on the James River in Henrico…
![[Battling the Blaze]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37943/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Battling the Blaze]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
11/16/1933
Black and white photograph showing five City of Richmond firefighters battling a 3-alarm fire at the Sitterding-Carneal & Davis Company, Lombardy…
![[Smoldering Remains]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37944/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Smoldering Remains]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/28/1933
Black and white photograph showing the smoldering remains of the vacant Chesterfield Hills Country Club on Broad Rock Road, in Chesterfield County, V…
![[E. Main Street Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37945/1/thumbnail.webp)
[E. Main Street Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
9/8/1933
Black and white photograph of a fire taking place at 1313 E. Main Street, in the Stuart & Betts (candy wholesaler) building in Shockoe Slip, Rich…
![[E. Main Street Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37946/1/thumbnail.webp)
[E. Main Street Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
9/8/1933
Black and white photograph of a fire taking place at 1313 E. Main Street, in the Stuart & Betts (candy wholesaler) building in Shockoe Slip; imag…
![[Two Alarm Fire at Phillip Levy Furniture Warehouse]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37947/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Two Alarm Fire at Phillip Levy Furniture Warehou…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1/2/1934
Black and white photograph showing the icy aftermath of a fire at the Phillip Levy & Company Furniture store at 13-17 W. Broad Street, in Monroe …
![["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37948/1/thumbnail.webp)
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1958
Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…
![["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37949/1/thumbnail.webp)
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1960
Black and white photograph of a new City of Richmond, model "C" Mack pumper truck, Engine No. 8 (Fulton Hill); image shows the apparatus parked outdo…
![["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37950/1/thumbnail.webp)
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1958
Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…
![["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37951/1/thumbnail.webp)
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1958
Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…
![["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37952/1/thumbnail.webp)
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1958
Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…
![["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37953/1/thumbnail.webp)
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1958
Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…
![["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37954/1/thumbnail.webp)
["C" Model Mack Fire Truck]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1958
Black and white sales photograph of a new model "C" Mack fire truck; image shows the apparatus parked outdoors in front of a brick structure; photo u…
![[Methodist Orphanage Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/37956/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Methodist Orphanage Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
12/16/1934
Black and white photograph of a barn on fire at the Methodist Orphanage, 3900 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large frame barn eng…
Smoke Plumes Trestle Blaze
Finnegan Photograph Collection
6/1/1936
Black and white photograph of the C & O branch trestle (Chesapeake and Ohio) fire, near the Richmond, Virginia city gas works in Fulton; image sh…