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
Laburnum House
Circa 1914
Glass plate negative showing the front facade of the third Laburnum house (1908), Westwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richm…
The Chesterfield Apartment Building
1903-1920
Glass plate negative of The Chesterfield apartment building at Shafer and Franklin Streets, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a mu…
The Chesterfield Apartment Building
1903-1920
Glass plate negative of The Chesterfield apartment building at Shafer and Franklin Streets, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a mu…
Gresham Court Apartment House
Circa 1900-1920
Glass plate negative of the Gresham Court apartment house at the corner of Franklin and Ryland Streets, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; imag…
Stuart Court Apartments
7/8/1926
Original film negative showing the Stuart Court apartments at 1600 Monument Avenue and Lombardy Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; imag…
Hyde House
1933
Original film negative showing an interior of the Tristram T. and Mabel Hyde house at 3216 Chamberlayne Avenue in Ginter Park; image of a formal parl…
Dr. Stuart McGuire House
1922
Original film negative showing an interior of the Dr. Stuart and Ruth Robertson McGuire house at 2304 Monument Avenue in the Fan District, Richmond, …
Dr. Stuart McGuire House
1922
Original film negative showing an interior of the Dr. Stuart and Ruth Robertson McGuire house at 2304 Monument Avenue in the Fan District, Richmond, …
Berger House
1920
Glass plate negative of the Berger house, likely on Forest Hill Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-story frame house with gambrel roof a…
Harvesting Peanuts
Circa 1890
Glass plate negative of a peanut harvest in Surry County, Virginia; image shows a young woman posing in front of a stack of newly harvested peanut pl…
Unidentified House, Garden
1920-1930
Original film negative showing the back yard or garden of an unidentified house in Richmond, Virginia; large trees, shrubs and wisteria vines; house …
Home of James H. Barton
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of "Corner Minor", a home built by James H. Barton, the developer of the Barton Heights neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; imag…
Picking Cotton in the South
Circa 1890
Glass plate negative of African American workers picking cotton, likely near the Ozark Cotton Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina; image shows a man emp…
Harvesting Peanuts
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of African American workers harvesting peanuts in Nansemond County Virginia; image shows two men, a woman and two children stack…
Picking Cotton in North Carolina
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of a young man picking cotton in Gastonia, North Carolina; man wears dark overalls, shirt and cap; stoops to pluck cotton boll f…
Harvesting Peas
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of workers picking peas or beans in a field in Norfolk, Virginia; image shows men and women working along rows of low plants; fa…
Mount Calvary Cemetery - Carroll
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the Carroll family section in Mount Calvary Cemetery on S. Randolph Street, Richmond, Virginia; marker for Thomas and Ca…
Henry Clay
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a statue of Henry Clay in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; statue stands in a gazebo surrounded by columns and cast i…
Libby Prison
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative (stereograph) showing a view of Libby Prison, E. Cary and S. 20th Streets, Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia looking nor…
Hog Butchering
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing hog butchering in an unidentified Virginia location; image shows three men dressing hanging carcases, while a fourth man…
Strawberry Picking
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative of workers picking strawberries in a field in Norfolk, Virginia; image shows men and women working in a long row along plants; m…
Tobacco Harvest
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of the tobacco harvest at Bellona (Arsenal) Farm in Chesterfield County, Virginia; image shows men picking tobacco leaves in for…
Wheat Harvest, Curle's Neck Farm
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the wheat harvest at Curle's Neck farm in Henrico County, Virginia; image shows a large, modern thresher; horse-drawn wa…
Valentine Meat Juice Company Employees
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing employees of the Valentine Meat Juice Company, Richmond, Virginia loading crates; image taken outside brick warehouse bu…