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
Hotel Richmond, Interior
Post 1904-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Hotel Richmond (on the site of the St. Claire Hotel), 9th and Grace Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of…
Boating Party
Circa 1885
Glass plate negative showing a group of men and women in formal clothes sitting in a row boat on a small lake (Chesterfield County, Virginia?); lake …
Boating Party
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a group of five women and one man on the shores of a small lake; the women wear long gowns and hats; the man wears suit …
Boating Party
Circa 1890
Glass plate negative showing a group of five women and five men enjoying a boating party on Jahnke's Pond in Chesterfield County, Virginia; five wome…
Ice Skating
Circa 1890
Glass plate negative showing a group of men and women ice skating on a lake surrounded by trees (Jahnke's Pond?).
Harrison Family Group at Brandon Plantation
1931
Film negative of an original glass plate negative (by Rees Studio) showing a Harrison family group at Brandon Plantation in Prince George County, Vir…
Westbrook Sanatorium
Post 1911-1920
Glass plate negative showing Westbrook Hospital (Sanatorium), on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; image of a renovated frame mansion once owned …
Westbrook Sanatorium
Circa 1920
Glass plate negative of the Westbrook Sanatorium on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; image shows a complex of buildings in a suburban setting; t…
Merchants National Bank Baseball Team
1919
Glass plate negative showing the Merchants National Bank baseball team; fourteen men in baseball uniforms pose outside in a park; seven men sit cross…
Westbrook Sanatorium
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the Westbrook Sanatorium on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; image shows three-story frame farm house with dormer window…
Westbrook Sanatorium
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the Westbrook Sanatorium on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; image shows two-story brick house with small front porch; c…
Mrs. Bauer and Children
1925
Original film negative (1925) showing Mrs. Bauer posing in her home with two young boys (grandchildren or great grandchildren); Mrs. Bauer sits in ro…
George S. Cook and Family
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing George S. Cook, Mrs. Lavinia Cook, L. Bessie Cook and Ed [Seymour] posed on the front porch of their Victorian home in B…
Merchants National Bank Baseball Team
1919
Glass plate negative showing the Merchants National Bank baseball team; fourteen men in baseball uniforms pose outside in a park; the men stand side-…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Interior
Post 1919
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the main waiting area. Geographic Descri…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Exterior
Post 1919
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows train tracks and loading area outside sta…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Interior
1919-1925
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a waiting area in the terminal building; …
Broad Street (Union) Station, Interior
1919-1925
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the main waiting area in the terminal bui…
Group at Hot Springs
1870-1879
Glass plate negative, one half of a stereoview (likely taken by David Anderson) showing a group of men, women and children posing on a lawn at the Ho…
Major Augustus Drewry and Friends
Pre 1899
Glass plate negative showing Major Augustus H. Drewry posing with friends outside on the grounds of Westover Plantation in Charles City, Virginia; Dr…
Knibb Family Reunion
1921
Glass plate negative showing the Knibb family of "Little Genito" in Goochland County, Virginia posing for a group portrait during a family reunion in…
Union Theological Seminary
1896-1920
Glass plate negative of a bronze plaque to George W. Watts, benefactor to Union Theological Seminary, Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia Geographic Des…
Waiting for the Steamer
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing passengers waiting on the shores of the James River (near Richmond, Virginia) for the steamship Pocahantas, visible in t…
Union Theological Seminary, Chapel
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the chapel in a building on the campus of Union Theological Seminary in Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia; image shows two-stor…