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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Stemming Machine in Tobacco Factory
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a large tobacco stemming machine in use at an unidentified tobacco factory; image of a man in foreground loading leaves …
Stemming Tobacco by Machinery
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative of women operating tobacco stemming machines at the American Tobacco Company factory, Richmond, Virginia; image shows machines l…
Prizing Tobacco
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of men prizing tobacco (put into barrels for transport) at the S. P. Carr & Company tobacco grading facility in Richmond, Virgin…
Tobacco Factory Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of men processing tobacco with machines in a large open room; "Siting Bull" boxes in aisle between rows of machinery; possibly t…
Allen and Ginter Tobacco Factory, Interior
Circa 1915
Original film negative showing women packaging Fatima cigarettes at the Allen & Ginter tobacco factory, 7th and Canal Streets, Richmond, Virginia; wo…
P. Lorillard & Company, Whitlock Branch, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing employees of the Whitlock Branch of the P. Lorillard tobacco company, Richmond, Virginia, welcoming home veterans of Wor…
Counting Cigarettes at Allen & Ginter
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing women counting cigarette box fronts at the Allen & Ginter tobacco factory, 7th and Canal Streets in Richmond, Virginia; …
Tobacco Factory, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing men working with tobacco processing machines at an unidentified tobacco factory; the men, in work clothes and caps proce…
Tobacco Factory, Hand Work
1890-1899
Glass plate negative showing men and women stripping tobacco by hand; image shows a small group of workers sitting outside (?) in a cobblestone court…
Falk Tobacco Company, Granulating Tobacco
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing men granulating tobacco at the Falk Tobacco Company, E. Grace and 22nd Streets, Richmond, Virginia; image of men in work…
Making Cigars
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a young woman making cigars in an unidentified tobacco factory; image shows the woman, in blouse, skirt and apron, seated on …
Davenport Tobacco Warehouse, Interior
3/1910
Glass plate negative of a tobacco auction in progress at the Davenport Tobacco warehouse, 119-125 S. 14th Street in Shockoe Slip, Richmond, Virginia;…
Allen & Ginter Tobacco Factory, Interior
Circa 1925
Original film negative of women packaging cigarettes at the Allen & Ginter tobacco factory, 7th and Canal Streets in Richmond, Virginia; image shows …
Tobacco Auction
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a tobacco auction in progress at an unidentified tobacco warehouse; image shows a group of men in suits and hats posed togeth…
Cigar Making by Machine
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing women making cigars with machines at an unidentified tobacco factory; image shows women in skirts, blouses, aprons and h…
Allen & Ginter Tobacco, Interior
Circa 1918
Glass plate negative showing men stacking crates of Fatima and Piedmont cigarettes in a stock room at the Allen & Ginter (American) tobacco factory a…
Mrs. Dashiell's Serendipity Shop
Circa 1918
Glass plate negative showing the interior of Mrs. Dashiell's Serendipity Shop, 117 N. Adams Street in Richmond, Virginia; image of a room filled with…
Imperial Tobacco Company Ltd.
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative of men and women working with tobacco at the Imperial Tobacco Company, South Boston, Virginia; image shows a large open warehous…
British-American Tobacco Company, Interior
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing women and men processing tobacco at British-American Tobacco, 900 N. Lombardy Street in Richmond, Virginia; image of wor…
Tobacco Factory, Interior
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing women working in the packaging department of the Amercian Tobacco Company (E. Cary Street), Richmond, Virginia; image of…
Allen & Ginter Tobacco Factory, Exterior
8/9/1918
Glass plate negative showing the Allen & Ginter Tobacco warehouse at the 100 block of S. 7th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image of a six-st…
Ginter Tobacco Company, Interior
Circa 1915
Glass plate negative showing women operating cigarette rolling machines at the Ginter Tobacco Company (formerly Allen & Ginter) in Richmond, Virginia…
Tobacco Factory, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing men and women posing in an unidentified tobacco warehouse; workers pose on either side of a long room in front of piles …
Whitlock Branch, American Tobacco Company, Interi…
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing women manufacturing cigars at the Whitlock Branch of the American Tobacco Company, Richmond, Virginia; image of a large …