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Cave In - Route 5 near Hatcher Street
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing damage caused by a sink hole on Route 5 near Hatcher Street and Rocketts Landing, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic …
Cave In - Route 5 near Hatcher Street
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing damage caused by a sink hole on Route 5 near Hatcher Street and Rocketts Landing, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic …
Cave In - Route 5 near Hatcher Street
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph showing damage caused by a sink hole on Route 5 near Hatcher Street and Rocketts Landing, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic …
Attempted Rescue
Finnegan Photograph Collection
6/7/1973
Black and white photograph showing Richmond Fire department rescue personnel attempting a river rescue from the south side of the James River near th…
Individual Awaits Rescue
Finnegan Photograph Collection
6/7/1973
Black and white photograph showing James Cypress fishing in the James River near the 9th Street Bridge in Richmond, Virginia; in background, man in s…
Anthony Branch Awaits Rescue in James
Finnegan Photograph Collection
6/7/1973
Black and white photograph showing Anthony Branch awaiting rescue from the James River near the 9th Street Bridge in Richmond, Virginia; Branch in ha…
Rescued from James River
Finnegan Photograph Collection
6/7/1973
Black and white photograph showing Anthony Branch walking away from the United States Army helicopter that rescued him from the James River near the …
![[Fire at the Kern Hotel, Lansing, Michigan]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38874/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire at the Kern Hotel, Lansing, Michigan]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1934
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress at the Kern Hotel in Lansing, Michigan; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper…
Aged Patients Saved From Flames
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1942
Black and white photograph showing elderly women being carried from a nursing home fire in Baltimore, Maryland; image likely appeared in a Richmond, …
Four-Alarm Blaze Wrecks Warehouse
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1945
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress at the Lee Brothers Storage Warehouse in New York, New York; image likely appeared in a Richmon…
Explosion Wrecks Capital Home
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1946
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of an explosion in a Washington, D. C. neighborhood; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia n…
![[Fire in Marshfield, Massachusetts]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38878/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fire in Marshfield, Massachusetts]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1941
Black and white photograph showing the aftermath of a fire that destroyed 450 homes in Marshfield, Massachusetts; image likely appeared in a Richmond…
Aerial View of Allentown, Pa., General Alarm Blaz…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1946
Black and white photograph showing an aerial view of fire in progress in Allentown, Pennsylvania; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newsp…
Blaze Destroys Sash Factory
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1936
Black and white photograph showing a fire blazing in a New Orleans, Louisiana sash plant; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper. I…
Blazing Oil Tank
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1945
Black and white photograph showing flames shooting from a burning oil tank in Bayonne, New Jersey; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia news…
Downtown Fire in Allentown
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1946
Black and white photograph showing an aerial view of fire in progress in Allentown, Pennsylvania; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newsp…
Where More Than 400 Died
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1942
Black and white photograph showing firefighters inspecting the interior of the Cocoanut Grove night club in Boston, Massachusetts after a fatal fire;…
Pilot Saved From Burning Plane
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1945
Black and white photograph showing firefighters attempting to rescue a pilot from a burning plane on the deck of an Essex class carrier in the Pacifi…
Blackened Walls of Boston Night Club Where More T…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1942
Black and white photograph showing the exterior of the Cocoanut Grove night club in Boston, Massachusetts after a fatal fire; image likely appeared i…
Houses Destroyed in Forest Fire
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1941
Black and white photograph showing an aerial view of a house destroyed by fire in Lakewood, New Jersey; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia…
Fire Guts Waste Warehouse
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1945
Black and white photograph showing the front wall of the Philadelphia Mill Waste Salvage Company collapsing during a 5-alarm fire in Philadelphia, Pe…
Fierce Fire Topples Building
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1944
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress in a building in Kansas City, Missouri; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper…
Rescued From Burning Hotel
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1946
Black and white photograph showing firefighters rescuing guests from a burning hotel in Dubuque, Iowa; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia …
Death Trap For Four Women
Finnegan Photograph Collection
1935
Black and white photograph showing firefighters attempting to rescue a family from their burning home in Boston, Massachusetts; image likely appeared…