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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Images
Adult Education Class
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an adult education night class in progress; image of African-American men and women seated at desks in a classroom; like…
Classroom Scene
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a Richmond (Virginia) Public Schools (?) high school classroom scene; boys and girls sit at desks in a classroom and wor…
St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural Institute
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the machine/repair shop at St. Emma Industrial & Agricultural Institute at Belmead Plantation, Powhatan County; several …
St. Francis de Sales School
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the main building of St. Francis de Sales, a boarding school for young African-American women, near Belmead Plantation, …
Hollywood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a view of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Oregon Hill (Richmon…
School Picture
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing students and teachers from an unidentified school posed outside in front of the two-story frame school building.
School Picture
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing boys and girls posed outside in front of an unidentified brick school building.
Tobacco Factory, Stemming
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a group of women (and men) working in a large open room in an unidentified tobacco factory; workers stand at tall, divided wo…
University of Virginia
Circa 1920
Original film negative showing the University of Virginia football team; image of a group of young men posed at the base of an outdoor stone staircas…
College of William and Mary
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing students participating in a surveying class at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Geographic De…
University of Richmond
Circa 1917-1918
Glass plate negative showing a group of University of Richmond students posed outside in front of a classroom or dormitory building; all wear militar…
University of Richmond
Circa 1895
Glass plate negative showing the University of Richmond football team (ca. 1890s); image of a group of young men sitting on the front steps of a camp…
Reinterment of Jefferson Davis
5/31/1893
Glass plate negative showing the funeral procession and catalfalque of Confederate States of America president, Jefferson Davis; Davis was reinterred…
Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to Richmond
1905
Glass plate negative showing a parade for visiting President Theodore Roosevelt; flags fly from bunting-draped building at 5th and Main Streets in do…
Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to Richmond
1905
Glass plate negative showing bystanders enjoying a parade for visiting President Theodore Roosevelt; people line Main Street near 5th Street in Richm…
Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to Richmond
1905
Glass plate negative showing a parade down Main Street near 5th Street, Richmond, Virginia for visiting President Theodore Roosevelt; image shows men…
Edgar Allan Poe Shrine
1880-1920
Glass plate negative (one of an original pair for stereograph) showing a view of the Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, 1914-1916 E. Main Street in Shockoe Bott…
Steamship "Glen Cove"
Circa 1857
Glass plate (copy) negative of an original glass plate (ca. 1857) showing the side wheel steamship, "Glen Cove" docked at Rocketts near Richmond, Vir…
Hollywood Cemetery - General View
1890
Glass plate negative showing the main road through Hollywood Cemetery; burial plots and monuments visible on right side of road; man in suit and hat …
Hollywood Cemetery - James Augustine Obelisk
Circa 1914
Glass plate negative showing an obelisk monument to James Augustine in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va.…
Hollywood Cemetery - Julia Crittenden Harris Mark…
Circa 1916
Glass plate negative showing the grave marker for Julia Crittenden Harris in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmon…
Hollywood Cemetery - Phillips Obelisk
Circa 1909
Glass plate negative showing an obelisk monument for the Phillips family (Alonzo L. and wife Esprella Blackburn) in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Vir…
Hollywood Cemetery - Powers Plot
1926
Original film negative showing the Powers burial plot in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: Written __"Powers Hollywood 1926" __Ed…
Hollywood Cemetery - Taylor Monument
Circa 1918
Glass plate negative showing a cross monument for Virginia Whitcomb Taylor in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmo…