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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Confederate cannon
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a cannon on the median in Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia; marks the site of Confederate earthworks erected in 1861;…
Wedding Group at Laburnum
1920-1922
Glass plate negative of a wedding group posing outside at the Bryan family home, Laburnum in Richmond, Virginia; men wear dark suits or tuxedos; wome…
Wedding Group at Laburnum
Circa 1925
Original film negative of a wedding group posing on steps outside of Laburnum, the Bryan family home in Richmond, Virginia; bride and groom flanked b…
Mary Amanda Williamson Stewart, Child and Young W…
Circa 1909
Glass plate negative of Mary Amanda Williamson Stewart (Mrs. John Stewart), unidentified child and young woman posing outside Brook Hill in Henrico C…
Parade on Broad Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified parade on Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows tall horse-drawn wagons processing down a …
Hollywood Cemetery - General View with Carriage
Circa 1894
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia; Jefferson Davis burial plot in foreground (?); horse-drawn c…
William Green House on E. Main Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the hall in the William Green house, 631 E. Main Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; patterned wallpaper; animal skin…
Richmond, Virginia Industrial Panorama
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Richmond, Virginia from the roof of Valentine's Meat Juice Works; image looks south west towards the James Riv…
Everett Waddy Company
Circa 1914-1915
Glass plate negative showing a display window at the Everett Waddey Company, 1105 E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia; window with display of cotton; …
Brook Hill Group
Circa 1909
Glass plate negative showing Mary Amanda Williamson Stewart (Mrs. John Stewart), Isobel Lamont Stewart Bryan (Mrs. Joseph Bryan), Joseph Bryan III an…
Mary Amanda Williamson Stewart at Brook Hill
Circa 1909
Glass plate negative of Mary Amanda Williamson Stewart (Mrs. John Stewart) sitting in a parlor at her home, Brook Hill in Henrico County, Virginia; M…
Cross, Gambles Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a cross monument in Gamble's Hill Park, Richmond, Virginia; cross, on pile of rocks, commemorates Christopher Newport's …
Gamble's Hill Park
1907-1920
Glass plate negative showing the cross monument on Gamble's Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; man in suit and hat observes the plain cross atop a stac…
Brook Hill Group
Circa 1925
Original film negative of a large group of people wearing costumes posed outside at Brook Hill in Henrico County, Virginia, the Stewart family home; …
Stewart Bryan with Horse
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Stewart Bryan with his horse, "Oxford Grace" (?); Byran, in suit, hat and riding boots holds out his hand to the horse; …
Tea at Brook Hill
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing three women seated in a parlor at Brook Hill in Henrico County, Virginia; Mary Amanda Williamson Stewart (Mrs. John Ste…
Gamble's Hill Park
1907-1920
Glass plate negative showing the cross monument on Gamble's Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; woman in hat and apron (nanny?) sits on bench with baby …
Children on Lawn at Brook Hill
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing three young children posed on a blanket outside at Brook Hill in Henrico County, Virginia; the children wear light-color…
A. P. Hill Monument
1892-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Lt. General Ambrose Powell (A. P.) Hill monument at the intersection of Hermitage Road and Laburnum Avenue in Richmo…
George Washington
1880-1920
Original film negative showing the statue of George Washington (ca. 1790) by Jean-Antoine Houdon in the rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol buildin…
George Washington
1880-1920
Original film negative showing the statue of George Washington (ca. 1790) by Jean-Antoine Houdon in the rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol buildin…
Woman and Baby on Walk
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an unidentified nurse for the Bryan family walking an unidentified baby in a baby carriage; the pair strolls down a rura…
A. P. Hill Monument
1892-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Lt. General Ambrose Powell (A. P.) Hill monument at the intersection of Hermitage Road and Laburnum Avenue in Richmo…
A. P. Hill Monument
5/30/1892
Glass plate negative showing the dedication of the Lt. General Ambrose Powell (A. P.) Hill monument at the intersection of Hermitage Road and Laburnu…