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Fire Damages Trestle
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 shows …
Home is Leveled
Finnegan Photograph Collection
8/25/1937
Black and white photograph of a house fire on Rocky Branch Road, near Lakeside and Hilliard Roads in Henrico County, Virginia; image, taken at night,…
Fighting Blaze
Finnegan Photograph Collection
3/26/1937
Black and white photograph of firefighters working a blaze at the former home of James Branch Cabell, Dumbarton Grange, in Henrico County, Virginia; …
Test New Fire Equipment
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/9/1937
Black and white photograph of firefighters from the City of Richmond, Virginia fire department testing a new 85-foot American LaFrance extension ladd…
Battling Chamberlayne Avenue Blaze
Finnegan Photograph Collection
11/3/1937
Black and white photograph of firefighters from the City of Richmond, Virginia fire department battling a night time blaze at 3617 Chamberlayne Avenu…
[Battling Chamberlayne Avenue Blaze]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
11/3/1937
Black and white photograph of firefighters from the City of Richmond, Virginia fire department battling a night time blaze at 3617 Chamberlayne Avenu…
[Fire at Scrap Dealer]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
5/17/1938
Black and white photograph of fire engulfing the remains of the M. Louis Shaffer Junk Company, at 4th and Bainbridge Streets, in Manchester, Richmond…
[New Fire Station on Thompson Street]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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 …
[New Fire Station on Thompson Street]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1938
Black and white photograph of the interior of a new City of Richmond fire station at 412 N. Thompson Street, between Stuart and Patterson Avenues in …
Flames Grip Lumber Plant
Finnegan Photograph Collection
4/7/1937
Black and white photograph showing the Sitterding-Carneal-Davis Lumber and Millwork Company plant at Lombardy and Moore Streets, Richmond, Virginia; …
Fire Department Additions
Finnegan Photograph Collection
2/21/1938
Black and white photograph showing a new, specially designed drill tower built for the Richmond Fire Department at 28th and S Streets, in north Churc…
[Richmond Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
8/20/1938
Black and white photograph showing several members of a new Richmond Fire Department drill team emerging from a smoky doorway in a brick building; th…
[Bone Dry Fertilizer Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1/7/1938
Black and white photograph of wreckage left after a fire destroyed the Bone Dry Fertilizer Company at 1901 Dock Street (Shockoe Bottom) in Richmond, …
[Bone Dry Fertilizer Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1/7/1938
Black and white photograph of evidence left after a fire destroyed the Bone Dry Fertilizer Company at 1901 Dock Street (Shockoe Bottom) in Richmond, …
Flames Demolish Lumberyard
Finnegan Photograph Collection
6/10/1939
Black and white photograph of a group of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm blaze at the Ruffin & Payne lumber company, 1701 5th A…
Flames Demolish Lumberyard
Finnegan Photograph Collection
6/10/1939
Black and white photograph of a warehouse building engulfed in flames; image shows a three-alarm blaze at the Ruffin & Payne lumber company, 1701…
Explosion Sets Apartment House Aflame
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1/6/1940
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a three-alarm fire at the Brandon Apartments, 1106 W. Grace Street (the Fan District), Richmond, Virgi…
Explosion Sets Apartment House Aflame
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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…
[Fire at L. N. Cooke Safe and Lock Company]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/15/1941
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the L. N. Cooke Safe & Lock Company and Lawyers Title Ins…
[Fire at L. N. Cooke Safe and Lock Company]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/15/1941
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the L. N. Cooke Safe & Lock Company and Lawyers Title Ins…
Main Street Blaze Stops Midday Traffic
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/15/1941
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the L. N. Cooke Safe & Lock Company and Lawyers Title Ins…
[Bo]nes of Three Alarm Fire Here
Finnegan Photograph Collection
5/18/1941
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the General Construction Corporation, 3510 W. Broad Street, R…