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
Under the Bank Saloon
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing the Under the Bank Saloon, near the James River in Richmond, Virginia; located west of Tredegar Iron Works near B…
Spotswood Hotel fire
Circa 1870
Glass plate negative (originally a stereoview) showing ruins of the Spotswood Hotel at the corner of 8th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virgi…
Main Street, 1877 flood
1877
Glass plate double negative showing E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia during the flood of 1877; onlookers crowd the foreground. Geographic Descript…
University of Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing one of the Pavilions on The Lawn at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Geographic Description: Ch…
Unidentified house
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing an unidentified two-story frame multi-family house.
Dr. Harrison and family
Circa 1897
Glass plate double negative showing Dr. [Isaac Carrington] Harrison and his family posed on the exterior steps of a brick building; likely on the cam…
University of Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Rotunda on The Lawn at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Geographic Desc…
Charlottesville, Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a scenic view near Charlottesville, Virginia. Geographic Description: Charlottesville, VA
Church Tower, Jamestown, Virginia
Circa 1893
Glass plate double negative showing the ruins of the Jamestown settlement church tower in Jamestown, Virginia. Geographic Description: Jamestown, Va.
Powder Magazine, Williamburg, Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a view of the octagonal colonial powder house or magazine (at left) in Williamsburg, Virginia; two-story building…
Street scene, Norfolk, Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a street scene in downtown Norfolk, Virginia; three and four story brick storefronts line a dirt road. Geographi…
Street scene, Yorktown, Virginia
Circa 1870
Glass plate negative (originally a stereoview), showing a scene in Yorktown, Virginia; small houses and buildings line a dirt road. Inscription: Wri…
Williamsburg, Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing the colonial court house in Williamsburg, Virginia; wide dirt road in foreground; William and Mary students (?) p…
James River near Richmond, Virginia
1880-1903
Glass plate negative showing a view of the James River near Richmond, Virginia; view looking north from south side of river; Virginia State Capitol b…
James River near Richmond, Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a view of the James River near Richmond, Virginia; view looking west along river bank; industrial buildings on sh…
Hollywood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a (new) headstone for Frederick W. Emrich, the first burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descr…
Hollywood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a view of Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Oregon Hill (Richmond,…
Hollywood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a view of Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Oregon Hill (Richmond,…
Hollywood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing the Monument to Confederate Dead in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va…
Oakwood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing the [Civil War] Soldiers' Monument in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va…
Oakwood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing [Civil War] headstones in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Nine Mil…
Oakwood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the [Civil War] Soldiers' Monument in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: Written __"Confederate..." __E…
Oakwood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing [Civil War] headstones in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: Written __"Oakwood..." __Edge of pl…
Oakwood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the [Civil War] Soldiers' Monument in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Nin…