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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Group at Old Church, Hanover County
1949
Glass plate negative showing a group of people posing outside at Old Church, in Hanover County, Virginia (possibly a group from Immanuel Episcopal Ch…
Emmanuel Church Fair
1880-1920
Original film negative showing flowers and plants for sale (?) during a fair at Emmanuel Episcopal Church at Brook Hill, Henrico County, Virginia. G…
Richmond Light Infantry Blues on Parade
1/19/1911
Glass plate negative of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues marching in a parade in full dress uniform; image shows the Blues processing down a residen…
Hollywood Cemetery - Entrance
1890
Glass plate negative of the entrance to Hollywood Cemetery on Cherry Street near the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; image shows a di…
Mayo Bridge
1880-1920
Original film negative showing the Mayo Bridge crossing the James River at 14th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of low span built in 1913…
Mayo Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the old wooden Mayo Bridge crossing the James River at 14th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view from river bank …
Mayo Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing ruins of the original Mayo Bridge (1788) in Richmond, Virginia; bridge burned in 1865 by retreating Confederate soldiers…
Mayo Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a support beam from the old wooden Mayo Bridge at 14th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: R…
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Third [Richmond] Police Station
Circa 1915
Glass plate negative showing Richmond police officers of the Third Police Station, 14th and Stockton Streets in Manchester, near Richmond, Virginia; …
Mayo Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the old wooden Mayo Bridge across the James River in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va.…
Virginia Constitutional Convention
1933
Film negative (?) from an original glass plate negative by Rees Studio (1868) copied by Cook in 1933 (film negative); image shows 24 conservative mem…
Mayo Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the old wooden Mayo Bridge across the James River in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view from river bank across James Rive…
Miss Nell Nugent, State Land Office
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Miss Nell Nugent working in the Virginia State Land Office at the Virginia State Capitol building, Richmond, Virginia; i…
Mayo Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Mayo Bridge crossing the James River at 14th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of low span built in 1913; …
Women Vote for the First Time
11/1920
Glass plate negative showing men and women waiting to vote at the polls, corner of Harrison and Broad Streets in Richmond, Virginia; women, voting in…
Company A, Richmond Light Infantry Blues
5/10/1910
Glass plate negative of Company A, Richmond Light Infantry Blues marching in a parade on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; parade to honor the v…
Singer Sewing Machine Company, Interior
1/27/1929
Original film negative of an interior of the Singer Sewing Machine Company office, on Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a larg…
Hollywood Cemetery - View Looking East
Circa 1896
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of Hollywood Cemetery taken from the roadway above the canal and railroad tracks; view looking east wit…
House in Barton Heights
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a two-story frame house with slate roof at 1201 Barton Avenue in Barton Heights, Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: Writt…
Raising Funds for the Richmond City Democratic Co…
10/18/1920
Glass plate negative showing women posing in front of the Federal Trust Company, 805 E. Main Street, in the process of raising money for the Richmond…
Mayo Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view from the old wooden Mayo Bridge crossing the James River at Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond…
Women in Costume at YWCA
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative showing a group of women dressed in costume standing outside near the YWCA, N. 5th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; the wo…
Mayo Bridge
1912
Glass plate negative showing the dismantling of the old wooden span of the Mayo Bridge crossing the James River at Richmond, Virginia; bridge being r…
Men's Gym Class at the YMCA
1910
Glass plate negative showing a gym class in progress at the YMCA (new building at 7th and Grace Streets?) in Richmond, Virginia; image of men in pant…