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Prompt Action. Small Loss
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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 …
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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"
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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…
A Fireman Examines The Charred Interior of Dr. Wh…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
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…
Firemen Battle Morning Rush-Hour Baze In 15th Str…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
8/21/1947
Black and white photograph of Richmond city firemen battling a blaze in a repair shop of the Richmond Oil Equipment Company, on 15th Street, between …
![[Fire on 15th Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38094/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire on 15th Street]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
8/22/1947
Black and white photograph of Richmond city firemen battling a blaze in a brick building on 15th Street, in Shockoe Slip, Richmond, Virginia; image s…
![[Fire at Old Fair Grounds]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38095/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at Old Fair Grounds]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
8/22/1947
Black and white photograph of firemen battling a blaze in a two story frame building at the old Fair Grounds in Richmond, Virginia; firemen stand to…
Scene of Second Fire Saturday at Hotel William By…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1/27/1947
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at the Hotel William Byrd, 2501 W. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; image shows Mrs. Shirley…
![[Fire at the Old Fair Grounds]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38097/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at the Old Fair Grounds]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
8/22/1947
Black and white photograph of firemen battling a blaze in a two-story frame building used for storage by the Richmond, Virginia school system at the…
Building Used for Storage of Supplies by Richmond…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
8/22/1947
Black and white photograph of firemen battling a blaze in a two-story frame building used for storage at the old Fair Grounds, Richmond, Virginia; a…
Firemen Put Out Blaze On V. T. C. Bus On Franklin…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
9/5/1947
Black and white photograph of firemen putting out a fire on a Virginia Transportation Company bus; the bus sits in the middle of the 700 block of E. …
Debris From Roof Litters W. A. A. Hallway
Finnegan Photograph Collection
10/21/1947
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at the W. A. A. (War Assets Administration?) in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a long hallway …
Wreckage Viewed After Fatal First Street Fire
Finnegan Photograph Collection
12/15/1947
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a house fire on First Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a pile of burned furniture i…
Fuse-Box Coin Causes Blaze On 'N' Street
Finnegan Photograph Collection
12/26/1947
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire caused by a penny placed in a fuse box at 3213 N. Street, in the Chimborazo neighborhood, Richm…