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
Parade During the Unveiling of the J. E. B. Stuar…
5/30/1907
Glass plate negative of a parade to accompany the unveiling of the J. E. B. Stuart monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; image, taken lo…
Mrs. Dashiell's Serendipity Shop
Circa 1918
Glass plate negative showing the interior of Mrs. Dashiell's Serendipity Shop, 117 N. Adams Street, Richmond, Virginia; image of a room filled with b…
Hutchinson's Tobacco Warehouse, Interior
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative of the interior of Hutchinson's Tobacco warehouse; image shows a group of men in suits and hats posing between piles of tobacco …
American Tobacco Company, Richmond Stemmery
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing employees of the American Tobacco Company, Richmond (Virginia) Stemmery division; image of a group of men and women pose…
Ninth Street Bridge
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative showing the Ninth Street Bridge from the banks of the James River in Richmond, Virginia; low bridge built on stone pilings in 18…
Whitlock Branch, American Tobacco Company
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing employees of the Whitlock Branch of the American Tobacco Company; image of a group of men, women and children posed in f…
Allen & Ginter Tobacco Company, Interior
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of women packaging Richmond Gem cigarettes in the Allen & Ginter Tobacco factory, Richmond, Virginia; women sit at low wooden ta…
Marshall Street Viaduct
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative showing the Marshall Street viaduct under construction in Richmond, Virginia; the span, which crosses Shockoe Valley from 14th t…
Richmond Fire
2/3/1917
Glass plate negative showing a fire in progress at 819-823 E. Main Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia (First National Bank at 823 E. Main Street)…
Richmond Fire
2/3/1917
Glass plate negative showinga fire in progress at 819-823 E. Main Street, in downtown Richmond (First National Bank at 823 E. Main Street); image of …
YMCA Group
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative of a large group of boys and young men posing outside at the YMCA in Richmond, Virginia; all wear suits and ties (new building a…
Flooded James River
Circa 1888
Glass plate negative showing the flooded James River near Mayo's Island, Richmond, Virginia; image of wooden bridge at far left; brick house at end o…
Richmond 1886 Flood
1886
Glass plate negative showing Main Street during a flood of the James River at Richmond, Virginia; image of flooded street flanked by brick retail bus…
Result of the Gale
2/1912
Glass plate negative showing storm damage from February 22, 1912; image of a large tree uprooted and leaning on iron fence of Capitol Square, Bank St…
Atlantic Coastline Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the old Atlantic Coastline Bridge in Richmond, Virginia; flat metal structure crosses the James River near the Carillon …
Storm Damage on Bank Street
2/1912
Glass plate negative showing storm damage from February 22, 1912; image of trees uprooted on Bank Street adjacent to Capitol Square in Richmond, Virg…
Atlantic Coastline Bridge
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a view of the Atlantic Coastline Railway Bridge crossing the James River at Richmond, Virginia; man and woman stand hi…
Unidentified Church and Congregation
Circa 1925
Original film negative showing a group of people posing in front of an unidentified church building; large group of men, women and children in Sunday…
Missionary Group at Seminary
1921
Glass plate negative of a missionary group posing on the steps of a building at Union Theological Seminary, on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; …
Atlantic Coastline Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of the Atlantic Coast Line Bridge at Richmond, Virginia under construction; multi-arched span crosses the James R…
Women's Church Group
Circa 1919
Glass plate negative of a group of young women in dresses and hats posed on the steps of an unidentified (Episcopal?) church [?] building; notation o…
Lee Bridge
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a view of the Lee Bridge crossing the James River in downtown Richmond, Virginia; train tracks in foreground. Geograp…
Cornerstone Laying for Church of the Covenant
10/25/1905
Glass plate negative of a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Church of the Covenant, Park Avenue and Harrison Street, in the Fan District, Richmond,…
Berryman Methodist Episcopal Church
1920
Glass plate negative showing a group of people posing in front of Berryman Methodist Episcopal Church, W. 32nd Street in Woodland Heights, Richmond, …