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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Union Theological Seminary, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the campus of Union Theological Seminary in Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia; image shows from left to right, Watts Hall, Spen…
Union Theological Seminary, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a dormitory building (?) on the campus of Union Theological Seminary in Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a multi-…
Union Theological Seminary, Watts Hall, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Watts Hall, a building on the campus of Union Theological Seminary in Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a mul…
Union Theological Seminary, Watts Hall, Exterior
1896-1920
Glass plate negative showing the back of Watts Hall, a building on the campus of Union Theological Seminary in Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia; image…
Union Theological Seminary, Exterior
1896-1920
Glass plate negative showing the campus of Union Theological Seminary in Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia; image, taken through trees across an open f…
Union Theological Seminary, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of the campus of Union Theological Seminary in Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia; image, taken from rooft…
Union Theological Seminary, Watts Hall, Exterior
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative showing Watts Hall on the campus of Union Theological Seminary in Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia; image taken from across Brook…
Woman with Rolls
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified African-American woman standing on the steps to a wooden building; woman, in long dress and cap, holds plate…
St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural Institute
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing a horse barn at St. Emma Industrial & Agricultural Institute at Belmead Plantation, Powhatan County; image of several yo…
Oakwood Cemetery - Confederate Monument
Circa 1901
Glass plate negative showing a monument to the Confederate dead at Oakwood Cemetery in eastern Richmond, Virginia; text of memorial reads, "In memory…
Richmond, Virginia Center City Panorama
3/7/1913
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of center city, Richmond, Virginia; view looking east from east from 8th Street; Richmond Academy of Mu…
White Oak Swamp
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the White Oak Swamp area on Williamsburg Road in Henrico County, Virginia; image of a horse-drawn market cart on dirt ro…
Medical College of Virginia, Egyptian Building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Egyptian Building, one of the first buildings on the Medical College of Virginia campus, at 1223 E. Marshall Street …
Medical College of Virginia, Egyptian Building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Egyptian Building, one of the first buildings on the Medical College of Virginia campus, at 1223 E. Marshall Street …
Richmond Professional Institute, Saunders House
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Saunders House (now Founders Hall), 827 W. Franklin Street, on the campus of Richmond Professional Institute, Fan Distri…
Richmond Professional Institute, Saunders House
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Saunders House (now Founders Hall), 827 W. Franklin Street, on the campus of Richmond Professional Institute, Fan Distri…
Richmond Professional Institute, Gymnasium
6/29/1926
Original film negative of the gymnasium for the Richmond School of Social Work and Public Health of the Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia…
Richmond Professional Institute, Gymnasium
6/29/1926
Original film negative of the gymnasium for the Richmond School of Social Work and Public Health of the Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia…
Richmond Professional Institute
6/29/1926
Original film negative showing the 900 block of W. Franklin Street, in the center of the campus of Richmond Professional Institute, Fan District, Ric…
Virginia Mechanics Institute
Circa 1888
Glass plate negative showing the Virginia Mechanics Institute building at 9th and Bank Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a three-s…
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[Presbyterian] Training School for Lay Workers
Circa 1925
Original film negative showing the (Presbyterian) Training School for Lay Workers (now the Presbyterian School of Christian Education) on Brook Road,…
Woman in Night Cap
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified African-American woman sitting in chair in front of a frame building; wears long skirts, apron and night cap …
Oakwood Cemetery - Confederate Monument
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing a monument to the Confederate dead at Oakwood Cemetery in eastern Richmond, Virginia; text of memorial reads, "In memory…
Richmond, Virginia Center City Panorama
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of center city, Richmond, Virginia; view looking east from Gamble's Hill (?); grassy area with park ben…