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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Images
Brandy Station Battlefield
1863
Glass plate negative (from an 1863 image) showing the Brandy Station battlefield in Culpeper County, Virginia; view of low buildings and horse-drawn …
Richmond Center City Panorama
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Richmond, Virginia looking southwest towards the James River; image taken from the top of the Virginia State C…
View of Rocketts from Fulton Hill
1880-1920
Glass plate negative (one of an original set for a stereograph) showing a view of Rocketts and the James River in Richmond, Virginia; image taken fro…
Main Street
1880-1920
Pair of glass plate negatives (both sides of original stereograph) showing a view of E. Main Street near 13th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. …
Edgar Allan Poe Shrine
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a vintage print showing a view of the Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, 1914-1916 E. Main Street in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia;…
Unidentified Building
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative (stereograph) showing an unidentified building; view, taken from above shows large brick building with temple front and c…
Steamship "Pocahontas"
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the steamship "Pocahontas" docked at a pier at Westover landing in Charles City County, Virginia; woman with open umbrel…
W. S. Collins Moving Truck
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a W. S. Collins Transfer company moving truck parked on the street in front of Miller & Rhoads Department store in downt…
Jefferson Hotel, Exterior
1895-1920
Glass plate negative of the Jefferson Hotel, 101 W. Franklin Street, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; view of the Franklin Street facade; multi-st…
Landing at Yorktown
Circa 1865
Glass plate negative (of an earlier image, ca. 1865) showing a boat landing at Yorktown, Virginia; view of wharf, buildings and boats; Gloucester, Vi…
Carnival Arch
1900
Glass plate negative showing a large, temporary arch erected in the middle of Broad Street near 9th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; arch serve…
Richmond Panorama
Circa 1875
Glass plate negative (of an earlier image, ca. 1875) showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia; view looking northwest towards the Virginia Stat…
James River and Kanawha Canal
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing boats docked in the James River and Kanawha Canal at Richmond, Virginia; trestle for Chesapeake & Ohio Railway at left; …
Westhampton Park
Circa 1897-1910
Glass plate negative of people enjoying Westhampton Park (later the site of the University of Richmond) in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a pedestri…
Capitol Square Panorama
1913
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of the Virginia State Capitol building in Richmond, Virginia; view from above showing the front of the …
Southern Furniture Company
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a display window for the Southern Furniture Company at 2-4 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; company also had a l…
1300 block of West Broad Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the 1300 block of W. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia, including The Baughman Stationery Company. Geographic Descript…
Linden Row
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Linden Row in Richmond, Virginia; view of three-story brick town homes on the north side of the 100 block of E…
Capitol Square fountain
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a fountain in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; view of the fountain in snow and ice. Geographic Description: …
Capitol Square fountain
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a fountain in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; view of the fountain with snow covering the ground. Geographic…
National Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a view of National Cemetery (?) in Henrico County, Virginia; gazebo near headstones of "Unknown U.S. Soldiers." …
Castle Thunder Prison
Circa 1862-1880
Glass plate double negative showing Civil War-era Castle Thunder Prison in the Shockoe Bottom area of Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Ri…
Castle Thunder Prison
Circa 1862-1880
Glass plate negative (one half of original stereoview) showing Civil War-era Castle Thunder Prison in the Shockoe Bottom area of Richmond, Virginia. …
Byrd Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a three-story brick town house with raised basement on Byrd Street between 3rd and 4th Streets in the Gamble's Hill area…