firefighting
actions to protect people, animals, goods, lands, and other objects from fire
Georeferenced Images Map
47 images featuring firefighting
Richmond Fire Scene
Moses D. Hoge, Jr. Photograph…
Circa 1920
Black and white film negative showing a fire in progress in downtown Richmond, Virginia; men in coats and hats watch firefighters battle a blaze in a…
2 Fulton Residents Hurt in Fire, Blast
Finnegan Photograph Collection
5/22/1971
Black and white photograph showing Richmond firefighters battling a blaze after an explosion in the Fulton area of Richmond, Virginia; image of sever…
Fire at the Heart Institute
Finnegan Photograph Collection
12/19/1975
Black and white photograph showing a fire in progress at the Heart Institute, 102 Berrington Court, near Grove Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; image of…
![The Little Oil Company [Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39314/1/thumbnail.webp)
The Little Oil Company [Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
6/26/1975
Black and white photograph showing a Richmond fire fighters battling a blaze at The Little Oil Company's fuel tank yard on Commerce Road in Richmond,…
735 N. 2nd Street (fire)
Edith K. Shelton Photograph C…
2/1956
35mm color slide of a fire at 735 N. 2nd Street, in the Jackson Ward neighborhood; image shows a row of two-story brick town houses with full front p…
Smokey climb
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/18/1989
Black and white photograph of a Richmond firefighter preparing to enter a fire above a former restaurant at 305-307 North Second Street in Jackson W…
Fireman Leaves House Where Five Died
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/4/1963
Black and white photograph of brick row houses in the 2600 block of East Broad Street in the Church Hill area of Richmond, Virginia; image shows a fi…
One Died Here
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
2/1/1965
Black and white photograph of the 3300 block of Ellwood Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; image shows brick row houses; snow covers the yards and street;…
Fire Damages Pharmacy
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/19/1964
Black and white photograph of a fire at the Stuart Circle Pharmacy at Stuart Circle and Park Avenue in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; image …
Fire on East Broad Street
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/23/1965
Black and white photograph of Broad Street looking east in Richmond, Virginia; the north lanes are blocked by several large fire engines and people m…
Rear View of Burning Church at 10:30 Last Night, …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/12/1966
Black and white photograph of the back of Pace United Methodist Church, 700 W. Franklin Street in Richmond, Virginia as it is engulfed in flames; onl…
'My House Is Burning'
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/29/1969
Black and white photograph of Joseph Michael Lewis, 14, helping firefighters with a hose as they fight a fire in his apartment; image shows Lewis pre…
Fire Erupts in Fan Duplex
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/16/1970
Black and white photograph of a two-story apartment house burning; Mack pumper fire truck in foreground; smoke coming from building; two ladders prop…
Fire at 4th and Broad Streets
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/30/1977
Black and white photograph of firemen on ladder leading to top of the G. C. Murphy Company building in downtown Richmond, Virginia; three fire trucks…
No one was injured in blaze that damaged offices …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
5/5/1984
Black and white photograph of a fire truck parked in street at intersection of 7th and Franklin Streets in downtown Richmond; fire damaged buildings …
Fire at 413 North 33rd Street
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/28/1961
Black and white photograph of the 400 block of 33rd Street in Richmond, Virginia; firefighters are fighting a fire in the frame house at number 413; …
Burning Church
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
1/15/1968
Black and white photograph of fire fighters battling a night time blaze at the Laurel Street Methodist Church near Albemarle and Laurel Streets in th…
Richmond Fire
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the aftermath of a fire in the 800 block of E. Main Street, in downtown Richmond (First National Bank at 823 E. Main Str…
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…
Firemen Attempt To Put Out Fire In Top Floors Of …
Finnegan Photograph Collection
8/8/1956
Black and white photograph of a fire in progress at the Carter-Venable Company warehouse and grain elevator, 1001 E. Canal Street, in downtown Richmo…
![[Earle Hotel Fire]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/38471/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Earle Hotel Fire]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
Circa 1960
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a fire at the Earle Hotel, 10 W. Main Street, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows Richmond…
Firemen Battle Early Morning Blaze at Poor Richar…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
11/23/1973
Black and white photograph showing Richmond firefighters battling a blaze at Poor Richard's Restaurant at 103 E. Cary Street at the edge of Monroe Wa…
![Special Call [2518-2520 Q Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/39208/1/thumbnail.webp)
Special Call [2518-2520 Q Street]
Finnegan Photograph Collection
5/10/1977
Color photograph showing a frame building on fire at 2518-2520 Q Street in Union Hill, Richmond, Virginia; Richmond firefighters climb ladder to seco…