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
Lyric Theatre, Exterior
Circa 1913-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Lyric Theatre on Theater Row, 901 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a brick building with awning over…
Woman with Rolls
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified African-American woman displaying a pan of bread rolls; woman, in long dress and cap, stands outside at the b…
St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural Institute
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the wagon making shop at St. Emma Industrial & Agricultural Institute at Belmead Plantation, Powhatan County; image show…
Blandford Cemetery - Confederate Monument
Circa 1890
Glass plate negative showing a monument to the Confederate dead at the Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia. Geographic Description: Petersbur…
Libby Prison
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an original stereograph (?) showing a view of Libby Prison, E. Cary and S. 20th Streets, Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; …
Laburnum House
12/26/1914
Glass plate negative showing the grounds of the third Laburnum house (1908), Westwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, after a heavy snow. Inscription: W…
Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey)
1932
Original nitrate film negative (1932) showing the Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey) on the Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia; image shows t…
Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey)
1932
Original nitrate film negative (1932) of the Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey) on the Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia; image shows the wa…
Thomas Jefferson High School, Exterior
Circa 1930
Glass plate negative (or film negative, ca. 1930) showing Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, Virginia; image of the Grace Street side of the b…
J. E. B. Stuart School, Exterior
1935
Original film negative showing J. E. B. Stuart School, 3101 Fendall Avenue on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; image of a multi-story brick buil…
Southern Railway Depot
1880-1920
Glass plate negative (ca. 1906) showing the Southern Railway Depot on 14th Street in Richmond, Virginia; image of a brick building with square tower …
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Circa 1903
Glass plate negative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 6th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows an …
Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Post 1910
Glass plate negative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 7th and Grace Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows in…
Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Post 1910
Glass plate negative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 7th and Grace Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a …
Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Post 1910
Glass plate negative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 7th and Grace Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows th…
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
1886-1910
Glass plate negative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 6th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows the…
Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Post 1910
Glass plate negative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 7th and Grace Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows th…
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)…
Post 1907
Glass plate negative of the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) branch building at 15th and Main Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, V…
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
1/22/1918
Glass plate negative of the Young Women's Christian Association (YMCA) dormitory building at 3rd and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; ima…
Richmond College, Ryland Library, Interior
1917-1919
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of Ryland Library housed in the south wing of Ryland Hall, on the campus of Richmond College, Richmond,…
Woman Selling Ice Cream
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified African-American woman selling ice cream at an outdoor market or fair; woman, in long dress, apron and hat, s…
Oakwood Cemetery - Confederate Monument
1880-1920
Glass plate negative (stereograph) showing the Confederate burial section (?) in Oakwood Cemetery, Nine Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia prior to the er…
Richmond, Virginia Center City Panorama
8/19/1913
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of center city, Richmond, Virginia; view looking from 6th and Franklin Streets; Capitol Square visible …
Libby Prison
1880-1920
Pair of glass plate negatives for stereograph showing a view of Libby Prison, E. Cary and S. 20th Streets, Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; multi-…