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
St. Luke's Home for the Sick
1899-1920
Glass plate negative of St. Luke's Home for the Sick (Hospital) at the corner of Grace and Harrison Streets, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia;…
Glover House
1880-1920
Original film negative showing an exterior view of the Glover House on Chamberlayne Avenue, Richmond, Virginia; two-story frame house with small fron…
Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey)
5/1917
Glass plate negative of the Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey), now the Virginia Historical Society, 428 N. Boulevard, in the Museum Distr…
Ginter Park Community House Pool
7/26/1926
Original film negative showing the newly completed pool at the Ginter Park Community House on Hawthorne Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: W…
Home on Chamberlayne Avenue
1880-1920
Original film negative showing an exterior view a small frame cottage on Chamberlayne Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; large trees on lawn in front of h…
Masons' Hall (Randolph Lodge), Exterior
2/1906
Glass plate negative of Masons' Hall-Randolph Lodge No. 19, at 18th and E. Franklin Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-…
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 during …
Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to Richmond
1905
Glass plate negative showing the Virginia State Capitol building and the equestrian statue of George Washington during a visit from President Theodor…
Old Cold Harbor Tavern
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Old Cold Harbor Tavern (Burnett's Inn) in Mechanicsville, Hanover County, Virginia; small frame structure with dorme…
Main Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Main Street between 10th and 12th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view looking east. Geographic Descr…
Egyptian Building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an exterior view of the Egyptian Building (Medical College of Virginia) in Richmond, Virginia; view looking toward build…
Students and faculty
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a large group of unidentified men in suits posed on the steps outside a brick building.
Masons' Hall (Randolph Lodge), Interior
2/1906
Glass plate negative of Masons' Hall-Randolph Lodge No. 19, at 18th and E. Franklin Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image of the chapt…
Masons' Hall (Randolph Lodge), Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of Masons' Hall-Randolph Lodge No. 19, at 18th and E. Franklin Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-…
Masons' Hall (Randolph Lodge), Interior
1906
Glass plate negative of Masons' Hall-Randolph Lodge No. 19, at 18th and E. Franklin Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image of the cere…
Masons' Hall (Randolph Lodge), Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of Masons' Hall-Randolph Lodge No. 19, at 18th and E. Franklin Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image of a ceremon…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Exterior
1/24/1919
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows work being done to the dome soon after th…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Exterior
1/24/1919
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows work being done to the dome soon after th…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Exterior
1/24/1919
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows work being done to the dome soon after th…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Interior
Post 1919
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the news stand, "The Union News Company" …
Broad Street (Union) Station, Interior
Post 1919
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the station kitchen; four men in white un…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Interior
Post 1919
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the station dining room; linen-covered ta…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Interior
Post 1919
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows an interior stairway leading from the ter…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Exterior
1/24/1919
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows train tracks , train sheds and loading ar…