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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Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; paved walkway leading into amusement park area. Geographic Descriptio…
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 Forest Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; image of the "old stone house" built by Holden Rhodes (1836-1843); modern additi…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park amusement park in Richmond, Virginia; performance area with benches. Geographic Description:…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; image of open, roofed structure surrounding merry-go-round in amusemen…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; image of entrance gate at Forest Hill Avenue; trolley tracks in foregr…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; image of children waiting in line for the "Enchanted House" at the amu…
Monroe Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Monroe Park in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; view of the center of the park with fountain; woman pushes child …
Monroe Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Monroe Park in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; view of the center of the park with fountain; children and careta…
Bryan Statue Unveiling
1911
Glass plate negative showing the unveiling of the Joseph Bryan statue in Monroe Park, Richmond, Virginia; boy and girl dressed in white hold rope att…
Bryan Statue Unveiling
6/10/1911
Glass plate negative showing the unveiling of the Joseph Bryan statue in Monroe Park, Richmond, Virginia; group of men in suits and young child (Davi…
Monroe Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Monroe Park in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; fountain at center of image; woman with child in carria…
Byrd Park
1880-1920
Original film negative showing (William) Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia; view of Pump House Drive, with maintenance buildings at right (?). Inscri…
Hollywood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia; view of a pair of roads through the cemetery with a body of water between; whi…
Maymont Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Maymont Park in Richmond, Virginia; view of a pond crossed by a cobblestone pedestrian bridge; trees in backgr…
Maymont Park
5/1926
Original film negative showing a road through Maymont Park in Richmond, Virginia; trees line roadway. Inscription: Written __"Maymont May 1926" __Ed…
Maymont Park
1911-1920
Glass plate negative showing a portion of the Japanese Garden at Maymont Park in Richmond, Virginia; low stone pedestrian bridge crosses pond; Japane…
Maymont Park
1880-1920
Original film negative showing Maymont Park in Richmond, Virginia; view of stone path, ivy-covered wall and terrace leading to the Italian Garden; fl…
Maymont Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of Maymont Park in Richmond, Virginia; view of stone terrace, urns and stairway leading to the Italian Garden; view of James Riv…
Maymont Park
1910-1920
Glass plate negative of Maymont Park in Richmond, Virginia; view of the Italian Garden with long pergola at right; stone pathway and terrace at cente…
Maymont Park
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a view in Maymont Park (?), Richmond, Virginia; man in suit stands on low, log pedestrian bridge over stream or pond; …
Maymont Park
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a view of Maymont Park (?) in Richmond, Virginia; young boy in suit and tie sits on fallen tree over low stream; trees…
Pollard Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Pollard Park on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; small, ornamental stone fountains in (drained?) pond; st…
Pollard Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Pollard Park on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; ornamental stone edged walkways, walls and pedestrian br…