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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Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing a building on the original campus of Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia (University of Richmond). on Lombardy Street, …
Bathers at Virginia Beach
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a trio of bathers posed on the sand at Virginia Beach, Virginia.; two men and one woman, all in bathing costumes, stand …
Kindergarten Class at Bellevue School
1905-1910
Glass plate negative of a kindergarten classroom at [old] Bellevue School (?), 22nd and Broad Streets in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia; image shows…
Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing a building on the original campus of Richmond College (University of Richmond), on Lombardy Street, between Grace and Br…
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[Worth] Family Reunion
6/1878
Glass plate negative showing the Worth family of Asheboro, North Carolina; men, women and children pose outside in front a two-story frame homestead …
Richmond Public Schools Classroom Scene
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a Richmond (Virginia) Public Schools classroom; image shows boys and girls seated at desks facing the chalkboard at the front…
Belles and Beaux
8/1890
Glass plate negative showing a group of young men and women posed outside on the lawn in front of a house; women wear long gowns, men wear suits; som…
Bijou and Lubin Theatres
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Lubin and Bijou Family Theatres on Theater Row, Broad Street, between 8th and 9th Streets, Richmond, Virginia; image…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park, Richmond, Virginia; children play in paved area with water taps and spring. Geographic Desc…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; image of the swimming and boating areas created from quarry pond. Geo…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; image of a picnic shelter in the trees. Geographic Description: Richm…
Unidentified Family
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an unidentified family posing outside in front of their frame house (likely Bon Air, Chesterfield County, Virginia); mot…
Richmond City Hall
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Richmond City Hall at the corner of 11th and Capitol Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a Greek Reviva…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Palm Court at the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image of a large room with high glass ceiling; statue of Thom…
Cooking Brunswick Stew
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a group (Martin family?) cooking Brunswick stew over an open fire; two children at left; older man in suit stands behind…
Boys and Dog
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing two young boys in coats and hats posing with collie dog on a city street; Greenlawn Poultry Farm storefront in backgroun…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a wide hotel corridor decorated with large rugs…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park amusement park in Richmond, Virginia; image of games arcade. Geographic Description: Richmon…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
FilGlass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a parlor decorated with paintings, chandelie…
Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey)
1932
Original nitrate film negative (1932) of the Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey) on the Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia; image shows the wa…
J. E. B. Stuart School, Exterior
1935
Original film negative showing J. E. B. Stuart School, 3101 Fendall Avenue on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; image of a multi-story brick buil…
Unidentified House, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the parlor or living room of an unidentified house in Richmond, Virginia; fireplace with portrait over mantel. Geograph…
Sheep Shearing
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of sheep shearing at an unidentified location; image shows men gathered around a sheep lying on a table inside a barn; other she…
Unidentified House, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified house in an unidentified location; image shows a large Classical Revival style frame house with two-story por…