Cook Photograph Collection
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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
Westhampton College
4/8/1913
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of Westhampton College (University of Richmond), Richmond, Virginia, on the south side of Westhampton L…
Richmond College, Ryland Hall
1914-1920
Glass plate negative showing Ryland Hall (Administration building) on the campus of Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia (University of Richmond); im…
Westhampton College
1914-1920
Glass plate negative showing a reception room in a building on the campus of Westhampton College (University of Richmond), Richmond, Virginia; image …
Westhampton College
Circa 1925
Original film negative of a reception room/lounge in a building on the campus of Westhampton College (University of Richmond), Richmond, Virginia. G…
Oakwood Cemetery - Confederate Monument
Circa 1885
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
7/17/1913
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of center city, Richmond, Virginia; view looking southeast from the Virginia Railway and Power Company …
Libby Prison
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Libby Prison, E. Cary and S. 20th Streets, Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; multi-story brick warehouse bui…
Bijou Family Theatre
1906-1909
Glass plate negative showing the Bijou Family Theatre on Theater Row, Broad Street, between 8th and 9th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image…
The Mosque, Exterior
Circa 1927
Original film negative of the Richmond Mosque, 6 N. Laurel Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a multi-story brick building …
The Mosque, Interior
Circa 1927
Original film negative of the Richmond Mosque, 6 N. Laurel Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the auditorium. Geographic D…
The Mosque, Interior
1927
Original film negative of the Richmond Mosque, 6 N. Laurel Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the auditorium. Geographic D…
The Mosque, Interior
Circa 1927
Original film negative of the Richmond Mosque, 6 N. Laurel Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the auditorium. Geographic D…
Empire Theatre
Post 1911
Glass plate negative showing the Empire Theatre, 100 block W. Broad Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows the stage of the large audito…
St. John's (German) Evangelical Lutheran Church
1908-1920
Glass plate negative of St. John's (German) Evangelical Lutheran Church at 8th and Marshall Streets in the Court End area of downtown Richmond, Virgi…
Confederate Veterans Home
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Confederate Veterans (Camp Lee Soldiers') Home on the Boulevard in the Museum District, Richmond, Virginia; image sh…
Hotel Richmond
Post 1904
Glass plate negative showing the Hotel Richmond, 9th Street, across from the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a group of men…
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the main sanctuary of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 815 E. Grace Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view from gallery…
Jefferson Hotel, Exterior
Circa 1895-1901
Glass plate negative showing a fire at the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows fire engine in foreground; another fire engine with ladde…
Jefferson Hotel, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Franklin Street facade of the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Monroe…
Jefferson Hotel, Exterior
Circa 1895-1901
Glass plate negative showing the aftermath of the Jefferson Hotel fire; view of the northeast corner of the hotel at Main and Jefferson Streets, Rich…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the Bridal (suite) Parlor; ornately decorated r…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the main lobby from the upper gallery level; ma…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a formal dining room with linen-covered tables …
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
Circa 1895-1901
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the main lobby before the fire of 1901; large r…