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[Engine Company #10, Truck Company #5]

1950-1965

Black and white photograph showing a two-story, two-bay brick fire house; home of Richmond Engine Company #10 and Richmond Truck Company #5; firefigh…

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[Alley Area]

Finnegan Photograph Collection

Circa 1960

Black and white photograph showing several small houses in an alleyway or back lot; small frame church at left.

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[Fire Officer with Show Girls]

Finnegan Photograph Collection

Circa 1965

Black and white photograph showing a man in dress uniform of the Richmond, Virginia Fire Department (?) posing with three women dressed as show girls…

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Selma, Virginia school building as it went up in …

Finnegan Photograph Collection

11/15/1935

Black and white photograph showing a school building in Selma, Virginia (near Clifton Forge, Virginia) after it went up in flames; image of smoke fil…

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Selma, Virginia graded school building as roof an…

Finnegan Photograph Collection

11/15/1935

Black and white photograph showing a school building in Selma, Virginia (near Clifton Forge, Virginia) as the roof and south wall collapse during a f…

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Selma, Virginia school building a few moments aft…

Finnegan Photograph Collection

11/15/1935

Black and white photograph showing a school building in Selma, Virginia (near Clifton Forge, Virginia) a few moments after the roof and second floor …

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[Fire in] Pulaski

Finnegan Photograph Collection

7/29/1944

Black and white photograph showing a brick building on fire in Pulaski County, Virginia. Inscription: Stamped __"Jul 29 1944" __Verso Geographic De…

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Fireman Overcome in Naval Station Fire

Finnegan Photograph Collection

3/6/1946

Black and white photograph showing Private C. A. Chamberlain of No. 1 Rescue Squad administering oxygen to Private Ray Henry, 15th Engine Company, af…

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Navy Firemen Fight Blaze in Installations at Norf…

Finnegan Photograph Collection

1/18/1945

Black and white photograph showing U. S. Navy firemen battling a blaze at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia; firefighters stand on small boat …

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[Petersburg Fire Department]

Finnegan Photograph Collection

Circa 1945

Black and white photograph of a Petersburg, Virginia fire engine parked in front of the brick station house; two firefighters in dress uniform pose w…

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Hopewell Armory Burns to the Ground

Finnegan Photograph Collection

12/28/1940

Black and white photograph of an early morning fire destroyng the Hopewell (Virginia) Armory at City Point; image shows smoke and flames engulfing th…

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American Hardware Company's Lumber Yard at Coloni…

Finnegan Photograph Collection

8/12/1941

Black and white photograph showing a fire sweeping through the American Hardware Company's lumber yard in Colonial Heights, Virginia; image of piles …

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Firemen Battle Freight Train Blaze at Petersburg

Finnegan Photograph Collection

Circa 1945

Black and white photograph showing [Petersburg] firefighters battling a blaze on a freight train in Petersburg, Virginia; the men aim a fire hose at …

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[Fire in] Bowling Green

Finnegan Photograph Collection

Circa 1965

Black and white photograph showing the side of a building collapsing during a fire in Bowling Green, Virginia. Inscription: Stamped __"Dressler Phot…

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[Fire Banquet]

Finnegan Photograph Collection

Circa 1955

Black and white photograph showing a group of Richmond, Virginia Fire Department firefighters seated at two tables set up inside a fire station; the …

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[Fire in] Bowling Green

Finnegan Photograph Collection

Circa 1965

Black and white photograph showing firefighters working on a blaze in Bowling Green, Virginia. Inscription: Stamped __"Dressler Photo / 1005 Crafton…

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[Fire in] Bowling Green

Finnegan Photograph Collection

Circa 1965

Black and white photograph showing firefighters working on a blaze in Bowling Green, Virginia; Richmond Fire Chief Finnegan in white helmet at right.…

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[Fire in] Bowling Green

Finnegan Photograph Collection

Circa 1965

Black and white photograph showing firefighters working on a blaze in Bowling Green, Virginia; Richmond Fire Chief Finnegan in white helmet at center…

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Mathews Co. Fire

Finnegan Photograph Collection

1942

Black and white photograph showing an aerial view of a fire on Main Street, Mathews County, Virginia; several buildings on one side of the street are…

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