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[Fire in Real Estate Exchange Building]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1/22/1948
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire in the Real Estate Exchange Building at the corner of 9th and Main Streets, in downtown Richmon…
Corridor In Ninth Street Building Wrecked By Blaze
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1/22/1948
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire in the Real Estate Exchange Building at the corner of 9th and Main Streets, in downtown Richmon…
Building Burned Out
Finnegan Photograph Collection
2/9/1948
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at the Jewish Community Center, 2908 Idlewood Avenue, near Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia; a R…
[Main Street Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
3/4/1948
Black and white photograph of a fire in progress in a building on Main Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a fire hose spraying water…
[Cooks at the Richmond Fire Department]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
3/18/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond City fire fighters cooking in the kitchen at the department headquarters, 9th and Broad Streets, in downtown R…
New Truck And Ladder
Finnegan Photograph Collection
3/19/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond City officials displaying a new aerial hook and ladder truck, outside of old City Hall in downtown Richmond, V…
Gravel Company's Garage Blaze Could Be Seen All O…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
4/30/1948
Black and white photograph of a fire in progress at the Gravel Company's garage (3011 Dock Street?), in east Richmond, Virginia; image shows a brick …
Handling Knots
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/1/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond, Virginia City Fire Department recruits learning about knots during a training session; image shows the instru…
[Fire Department Recruits Learn the Watch Desk]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/1/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond, Virginia City Fire Department recruits learning how the "watch desk" works; image shows Captain Cornick (in c…
Spit 'N' Polish
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/1/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond, Virginia City Fire Department recruits busily polishing an aerial ladder truck inside the fire station; image…
A Leap For Life
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/1/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond City Fire Department recruits participating in training exercises at 28th and S Streets, in North Church Hill,…
Not Just Any Nozzle
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/1/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond, Virginia City Fire Department recruits participating in training exercises; image shows Captain Cornick discu…
A Chance To Relax
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/1/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond City Fire Department recruits participating in training exercises; image shows Lt. E. A. Sherry demonstrating …
[Fire on N. 17th Street]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/15/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firemen battling a blaze on N. 17th Street, in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image shows fire fight…
[Justa Company Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/20/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firemen battling a blaze at the Justa Company (store fixtures), 1302 - 1304 E. Main Street, in Shockoe Sl…
[Justa Company Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/20/1948
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at the Justa Company (store fixtures), 1302 - 1304 E. Main Street, in Shockoe Slip, Richmond, V…
Fire And Aftermath
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/20/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond City firemen battling a multi-alarm blaze at the Justa Company (store fixtures), 1302 - 1304 E. Main Street, i…
[Justa Company Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
7/20/1948
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at the Justa Company (store fixtures), 1302 - 1304 E. Main Street, in Shockoe Slip, Richmond, V…
Maid Looks Over Room 562 Where Blaze Started At H…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
10/26/1946
Black and white photograph of a maid at the Hotel Richmond, Richmond, Virginia surveying the damage to hotel room #562, where a fire started; woman i…
Firemen Perform As 'Human Flies'
Finnegan Photograph Collection
11/12/1946
Black and white photograph of members of the Richmond Fire Department drill team going through their paces at the five-story drill tower at 28th and …
Interior of South Richmond Plant After Fire
Finnegan Photograph Collection
11/30/1946
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a blaze that destroyed a south Richmond, Virginia plant; image shows shell of a building outlined by c…
Firemen Battle Three Alarm Blaze
Finnegan Photograph Collection
12/13/1948
Black and white photograph of Richmond firemen battling a blaze in a multi-story brick building on N. 18th Street, in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virgi…
[Fire at Carter-Venable Feed Company]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
12/22/1946
Black and white photograph of fire fighters battling a blaze at the Carter-Venable Feed Company, 1001-1007 E. Canal Street, in the financial district…
[Residential Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1/1/1949
Black and white photograph of a fire underway in a two-story brick double house (or apartment building) in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a ladder r…