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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Rutherfoord House
1880-1920
Original film negative of an earlier photograph (pre 1894) showing a house built by Thomas Rutherfoord on W. Franklin Street at Adams Street in the M…
W. Franklin Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the intersection of Belvidere and W. Franklin Streets in Richmond, Virginia; view looking east. Geographic Description:…
Taylor Mayo House
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the facade of the Taylor Mayo House (Mayo Memorial Church House) at 110 W. Franklin Street in the Monroe Ward area of Ri…
Valentine Studio
1880-1920
Glass plate showing the sculpture studio of Edward V. Valentine on E. Leigh Street in the Court End area of Richmond, Virginia; small, one-story buil…
Connecticut Governor's Foot Guard Band
5/10/1910
Glass plate negative of the band of the Connecticut Governor's Foot Guard playing in the middle of Main Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; band s…
Labor Day Parade
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing participants in a Labor Day parade on Broad Street near 7th Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; men in shirts, ties …
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
Post 1901-1920
Glass plate negative of the Jefferson Hotel, 101 W. Franklin Street, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; detail of main lobby stairway and marblized …
Jefferson Hotel, Exterior Fire Damage
1901
Glass plate negative of the Jefferson Hotel, 101 W. Franklin Street, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows damage to the exterior of the be…
Country Club of Virginia Golf Course
1910-1920
Glass plate negative showing a crowd of people walking across the golf course towards the main club house at the Country Club of Virginia, Richmond, …
Lexington Hotel, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Lexington Hotel, 13th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; large, four-story brick building on corner lo…
Scuffletown Tavern, Exterior
1905
Glass plate negative showing Scuffletown Tavern, corner of Park Avenue and Addison Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; two-story frame b…
Davis Hotel, Exterior
1912-1913
Glass plate negative showing the Davis Hotel, opposite the C & O Depot on E. Main Street near 15th Street, in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; fou…
Arlington House Hotel, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a photographic print of the Arlington House Hotel, 602 E. Main Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of the entra…
Hotel Stumpf, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Hotel Stumpf, 8th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; seven-story brick building with numerous windows.…
Reuger's Hotel, Exterior
4/1917
Glass plate negative showing Reuger's Hotel, 9th and Bank Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; nine-story brick building with numerous windows; v…
Reuger's Hotel, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Reuger's Hotel, 9th and Bank Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows seven-story building with numerous win…
Hotel Richmond, Exterior
Post 1906-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Hotel Richmond (on the site of the St. Claire Hotel), 9th and Grace Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; eight-s…
Hotel Richmond, Interior
Post 1904-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Hotel Richmond (on the site of the St. Claire Hotel), 9th and Grace Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of…
YMCA Basketball Team
1910
Glass plate negative showing a Railroad Y.M.C.A. basketball team posing on the front steps of the Y building at 1548 E. Main Street in Shockoe Bottom…
Herbert Tareyton Baseball Team
1920-1930
Original film negative showing the Herbert Tareyton (American Tobacco Company) baseball team posed outside at the base of a hill below the Monte Mari…
St. Philip Hospital
Circa 1925
Glass plate negative showing St. Philip Hospital, at 12th and Marshall Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows the back of a newly constr…
Retreat for the Sick Hospital
1883-1920
Glass plate negative of Retreat for the Sick Hospital on 12th Street, between Broad and Marshall Streets, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a three-sto…
Johnston-Willis Hospital
7/1920
Glass plate negative of Johnston-Willis Hospital at the corner of 6th and Franklin Streets, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a multi-s…
Stuart Circle Hospital
1921
Glass plate negative of Stuart Circle Hospital, 413 Stuart Circle, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a multi-story brick Classical…