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
Pamunkey Thanksgiving Tribute
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing four men in coats and hats posing with the Pamunkey Thanksgiving tax tribute in front of the Richmond, Virginia State Ca…
Corn Harvest
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing men during a corn harvest; large tractor pulls low, wheeled harvester.
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Circa 1903-1932
Glass plate negative (of an earlier image?) showing members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy posing on the steps in front of the Home for C…
Monument Avenue
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a watercolor view (plan) of Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; wide street with grassy median at center of image. G…
Monument Avenue - Taylor House
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing 2325 Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; house designed by Duncan Lee for the Jaquelin P. Taylor family. Geographic …
1100 Block E. Main Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the 1100 block of E. Main Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows the National State Bank, City Bank of Richm…
Horse-drawn Street Car
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the final horse-drawn street car at the car barn on Hull Street in Manchester, Virginia; car, with three horses attached…
Charlottesville, Virginia Street Scene
1880-1920
Glass plate (double) negative showing a street scene in Charlottesville, Virginia; frame buildings line dirt street; photography studio and Chancello…
Baker School "Open Air" Class
2/9/1915
Glass plate negative showing an "open air" classroom at Baker School, 100 W. Baker Street in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image of African-Ameri…
Catafalque of Jefferson Davis
1893
Glass plate negative showing the catafalque (mobile platform) of Jefferson Davis during 1893 reinterment ceremonies in Richmond, Virginia; image of a…
Catafalque of Jefferson Davis
1893
Glass plate negative showing the catafalque (mobile platform) of Jefferson Davis during 1893 reinterment ceremonies in Richmond, Virginia; image of a…
Catafalque of Jefferson Davis
1893
Glass plate negative showing the catafalque (mobile platform) of Jefferson Davis during 1893 reinterment ceremonies in Richmond, Virginia; image of a…
Confederate Soldiers' Home (Lee Camp)
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a group of Civil War veterans posed outside at the Confederate Soldiers' Home (Lee Camp) in Richmond, Virginia. Geograp…
Broad Street at Second Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of East Broad Street looking east from Second Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; both electric street cars an…
The Cohen Company, Inc.
1880-1920
Original film negative showing three display windows at The Cohen Company, Inc., located at 9-17 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; displays ad…
The Cohen Company, Inc.
1926
Original film negative showing the Broad Street facade of The Cohen Company, Inc., 9-17 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descript…
The Cohen Company, Inc.
1926
Original film negative showing an interior view of the Cohen Company, Inc., 9-17 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; image of toys, dolls and do…
400 block, East Broad Street
1910
Glass plate negative showing the 400 block of East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; view of storefronts on the south side of the street, including F…
Singer Sewing Machine Company
1880-1920
Original film negative showing the display window of a business selling Singer Sewing Machines; likely on East Broad Stree in downtown Richmond, Virg…
400 block, East Broad Street
Circa 1922
Glass plate negative showing the 400 block of East Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; sidewalk crowded with shoppers during the Christmas s…
500 block E. Broad Street
1919
Glass plate negative showing the 500 block of E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view looking east; flags flying on light posts in media…
500 block E. Broad Street
1917
Glass plate negative showing the 500 block of E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; S.S. Kresge Company, J. G. McCrory Company and Woolwort…
6th and Broad Streets
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the corner of 6th and Broad Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; Broad Street Bank and C. D. Kenny Company in storefr…
601 E. Broad Street, U. S. Woolen Mills
1880-1920
Original film negative showing the U. S. Woolen Mills Company storefront at 601 E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descripti…