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Three-Alarm Fire Guts Planing Mill

4/29/1941

Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the Joseph Heppert & Sons Planing Mill, 906 Catherine Str…

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Three-Alarm Fire Guts Planing Mill

Finnegan Photograph Collection

4/29/1941

Black and white photograph of Richmond City firefighters battling a three-alarm fire at the Joseph Heppert & Sons Planing Mill, 906 Catherine Str…

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$100, 000 Gone Up In Smoke

Finnegan Photograph Collection

7/8/1941

Black and white photograph of the smoldering remains of E. C. Brinser's Sons Tool Company at Petersburg Pike and Fairfax Avenue in Chesterfield Coun…

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$100, 000 Gone Up In Smoke

Finnegan Photograph Collection

7/8/1941

Black and white photograph of a group of firefighters and bystanders standing near the remains of E. C. Brinser's Sons Tool Company at Petersburg Pi…

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Fire Destroys Guano Plant

Finnegan Photograph Collection

10/25/1961

Black and white photograph of billowing smoke pouring from a fire at the Richmond Guano Plant near the city docks in Henrico County, Virginia; image …

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Fire Destroys Guano Plant

Finnegan Photograph Collection

10/25/1961

Black and white photograph of the smoldering remains of the Richmond Guano Plant near the city docks in Henrico County, Virginia; image shows piles o…

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Fire Destroys Guano Plant

Finnegan Photograph Collection

10/25/1961

Black and white photograph of the smoldering remains of the Richmond Guano Plant near the city docks in Henrico County, Virginia; image shows piles o…

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[Firefighters at Work]

Finnegan Photograph Collection

7/16/1941

Black and white photograph of firefighters battling a fire in a large brick warehouse building; image shows a group of firefighters on a rooftop aimi…

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Main Street Fire Blocks Traffic

Finnegan Photograph Collection

1/29/1941

Black and white photograph of a fire at the A. A. Schwartz Stationery Store at 1114 East Main Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a c…

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[Fire from the Air]

Finnegan Photograph Collection

5/20/1941

Black and white aerial photograph showing a three-alarm fire at the General Construction Company, 3501 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; large bui…

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[Fire from the Air]

Finnegan Photograph Collection

9/26/1941

Black and white aerial photograph showing a three-alarm fire at the P. L. Lipscomb Lumber Company at 2030 Jennie Scher Road, in the Fulton area, Rich…

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[Fire from the Air]

Finnegan Photograph Collection

9/26/1941

Black and white aerial photograph showing a three-alarm fire at the P. L. Lipscomb Lumber Company at 2030 Jennie Scher Road, in the Fulton area, Rich…

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"'Jeep' Fire Engine For Air Raids"

Finnegan Photograph Collection

2/12/1942

Black and white photograph showing Richmond, Virginia Fire Department officials examining a 1942 Oren civil defense pump trailer on its way to the Ne…

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[Flames Trap 30 In Hotel]

Finnegan Photograph Collection

12/1/1942

Black and white photograph showing a fire underway at Miller's Hotel, 2nd and Leigh Streets, in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows Richmon…

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Flames Trap 30 In Hotel

Finnegan Photograph Collection

12/1/1942

Black and white photograph showing a fire underway at Miller's Hotel, 2nd and Leigh Streets, in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows several…

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Fire Guts Carter-Venable Company Plant

Finnegan Photograph Collection

7/20/1942

Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a fire at the Carter-Venable Feed Company plant at 1001 E. Canal Street, in downtown Richmond, Vi…

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[Fire Guts Carter-Venable Company Plant]

Finnegan Photograph Collection

7/20/1942

Black and white photograph showing Richmond firefighters tending to Fireman Everett Pavey, who fell when fighting a fire at the Carter-Venable Feed C…

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Fireman Play Water on Smouldering Wreckage of Car…

Finnegan Photograph Collection

7/20/1942

Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a fire at the Carter-Venable Feed Company plant at 1001 E. Canal Street, in downtown Richmond, Vi…

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