Cook Photograph Collection
from The Valentine
This collection of more than 10,000 glass-plate and film negatives and several hundred photographic prints was created and compiled by the Cook Studio of Richmond. It encompasses the photography of George Smith Cook (1819-1902) and his son Huestis Pratt Cook (1868-1951). The collection also includes the work of other Richmond photographers, including David H. Anderson, Vannerson & Jones and the Lee Gallery.
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Lounge at the YMCA
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative showing a lounge at the YMCA in Richmond, Virginia (new building at 7th and Grace Streets?); image of men in suits and ties rela…
Gym Class at the YWCA
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative showing a gym class in progress at the YWCA, N. 5th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image of young women in sailor suits …
Reading/Games Room at the YMCA
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative showing a reading and games room at the YMCA in Richmond, Virginia (new building at 7th and Grace Streets?); image of men and bo…
Reading/Games Room at the YMCA
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative showing a reading and games room at the YMCA (new building at 7th and Grace Streets?) in Richmond, Virginia; image of men and bo…
Gym Class at the YMCA
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative showing a gym class in progress at the YMCA (new building at 7th and Grace Streets?) in Richmond, Virginia; image of boys in sho…
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[YMCA] Basketball Team
1907
Glass plate negative of a [YMCA?] youth basketball team in Richmond, Virginia; image shows eight young men in shorts and sleeveless jerseys posing in…
Class at the YMCA
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative of a group of boys and young men seated in a classroom space at the YMCA in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmon…
YMCA Boys Banquet
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative of a group of men in suits and ties seated at long tables set for a meal at the YMCA (fundraising event?) in Richmond, Virginia.…
YMCA Swimming Pool
1910
Glass plate negative of a group of men and boys swimming in an indoor pool at the YMCA (new building at 7th and Grace Streets?) in Richmond, Virginia…
Panorama of Richmond - Main Street
9/1/1910
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia center city looking west from a building in the 900 block of East Main Street. I…
Hollywood Cemetery - The Pyramid (Confederate Mon…
Post 1869
Glass plate negative showing the Pyramid, a monument dedicated to the Confederate soldiers buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia; erecte…
Belle Bryan Day Nursery and Kindergarten
Circa 1919
Glass plate negative of children and teachers posing outside on the playground at the Belle Bryan Day Nursery and Kindergarten, 201 N. 19th Street in…
Belle Bryan Day Nursery and Kindergarten
1919
Glass plate negative of children posing in the crib/nap room at the Belle Bryan Day Nursery and Kindergarten, 200 N. 19th Street in Shockoe Bottom, R…
Hollywood Cemetery - The Pyramid (Confederate Mon…
Post 1869
Glass plate negative showing the Pyramid, a monument dedicated to the Confederate soldiers buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia; erecte…
Northside Junior High School
1926-1930
Original film negative showing students engaged in a geography (?) class at Northside Junior High School on Brookland Park Boulevard near the Brookla…
Northside Junior High School
1926-1930
Original film negative showing a group of girls dressed in costume posing outside in front of Northside Junior High School on Brookland Park Boulevar…
Volunteers of America - Santa
1923
Glass plate negative showing a Santa Claus sponsored by the Volunteers of America; Santa shakes the hand of a young boy in coat and hat; sign reading…
War Bond Rally
Circa 1918
Glass plate negative showing a war (World War I) bond rally at the Goochland, Virginia Court House; men, women and children pose in a semi-circle in …
W. H. Ruffner Students
6/1917
Glass plate negative of a group of W. H. Ruffner School students posing outside on the steps of the school at 407 N. 12th Street in downtown Richmond…
Birthday Party Group
Circa 1915
Glass plate negative showing members of the Bryan family celebrating a birthday party at Brook Hill (or Bryan Park?) in Henrico County, Virginia; chi…
Hollywood Cemetery - The Pyramid (Confederate Mon…
Post 1869
Glass plate negative showing the Pyramid, a monument dedicated to the Confederate soldiers buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia; erecte…
Hollywood Cemetery - Pickett
Post 1875
Glass plate negative showing the General George E. Pickett monument in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va.…
Mary Amanda Williamson Stewart, Child and Young W…
Circa 1909
Glass plate negative of Mary Amanda Williamson Stewart (Mrs. John Stewart), unidentified child and young woman posing outside Brook Hill in Henrico C…
School Group at J. E. B. Stuart Monument
5/30/1917
Glass plate negative of a school group (likely from the Collegiate School for Girls) gathering at the base of the J. E. B. Stuart monument at Stuart …