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
Union Prison Camp at Belle Isle
Circa 1862-1865
Glass plate negative of a print entitled "The Union Prison Camp at 'Belle Isle,' Richmond, Virginia;" image shows Major Thomas P. Turner, commandant …
Powder Magazine, Williamsburg, Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Powder Magazine in Williamsburg, Virginia during its use as a livery stable. Geographic Description: Williamsburg, …
Panorama of Richmond
4/1/1865
Glass plate negative of a vintage print (from an earlier glass plate negative, 1865) showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia after the evacuat…
Panorama of Richmond
4/1/1865
Glass plate double negative (stereograph) showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia after evacuation during the Civil War; view looking east dow…
Panorama of Richmond
Circa 1866
Glass plate negative (of a vintage print) showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia after the Civil War; view looking east from Gambles Hill. I…
Ruins of Exchange Bank
Circa 1865
Glass plate negative (of a vintage print, ca. 1865) showing the Exchange Bank on Main Street in Richmond, Virginia in ruins during the Civil War. In…
14th and Main Streets
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Main Street at 14th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; buildings on either side of cobblestone street; horse and mul…
7th and Main Streets
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the intersection of 7th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; four story brick commercial building on south e…
Dabney House on Foushee Street
Circa 1921
Glass plate negative showing Mrs. Thomas Todd (Marie Keane) Dabney's house at 113 N. Foushee Street in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; view of the e…
Virginia Railway and Power Company Building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the north east corner of E. Franklin and 7th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image of the multi-story brick Virg…
Carnival Arch
1900
Glass plate negative showing a large, temporary arch erected in the middle of Broad Street near 9th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; arch serve…
Main Street between 10th and 11th Streets
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing E. Main Street between 10th and 11th Streets in the Financial District of Richmond, Virginia; view of brick buildings li…
Main Street between 9th and 11th Streets
1900-1920
Glass plate negative showing E. Main Street between 9th and 11th Streets in the Financial District of Richmond, Virginia; view of brick buildings on …
10th and Main Streets
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing E. Main Street and 10th Streets in the Financial District of Richmond, Virginia; view of three-story brick building on c…
9th and Main Streets
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the south east corner of 9th and Main Streets in the Financial District of Richmond, Virginia; view of a four story bric…
9th and Main Streets
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the north east corner of 9th and Main Streets in the Financial District of Richmond, Virginia; view of a five story bric…
9th and Main Streets
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the north east corner of 9th and Main Streets in the Financial District of Richmond, Virginia; view of a five story bric…
Lakeside Park
Circa 1896-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Lakeside Park in Henrico County, Virginia; view of a horse and carriage parked near small building on edge of …
Motoring in Byrd Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing four people riding in an open-air automobile through Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia; dirt road leads through grassy are…
Woodcutters
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a group of primarily African-American men, women and children on a sidewalk in front of a brick building; saws and cut w…
Corn Fields
Circa 1917
Glass plate negative showing corn growing in fields at Wilton on the James in eastern Henrico County, Virginia. Geographic Description: Henrico Coun…
Capitol Square Panorama
1890-1905
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view (before 1905) of Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia; view from above showing equestrian statue of Geo…
House in Manchester, Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a family posed on the steps of their home in Manchester near Richmond, Virginia; one-story frame cottage was formerly a …
Thanksgiving Tribute
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing four men in coats and hats posing with the American Indian Thanksgiving tax tribute in front of the Richmond, Virginia S…