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
John B. Cary School
3/1916
Glass plate negative of "old" John B. Cary School, Idlewood Avenue between Roland Street and Shields Avenue, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large …
Lancasterian School (Valley School)
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the Lancasterian School (later the Valley School), 15th and Marshall Streets in Shockoe Valley, Richmond, Virginia; image sho…
West End School
1887-1920
Glass plate negative of the West End School (later Stonewall Jackson School), 1520 W. Main Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image sho…
Robert E. Lee School
6/12/1919
Glass plate negative of the newly completed Robert E. Lee [Elementary] School, 3101 Kensington Avenue in the Museum District, Richmond, Virginia; ima…
Maury School
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the Maury School building in the Manchester area of south Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two story brick building surround…
Westhampton High School
11/17/1917
Glass plate negative showing the construction of Westhampton High School, 5800 Patterson Avenue, Richmond, Virginia; image of a two-story brick build…
Richmond College
12/1914
Glass plate negative of tennis courts on the campus of Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia (University of Richmond); image shows grass courts in for…
Richmond College, Stadium
1914-1920
Glass plate negative of the outdoor stadium on the campus of Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia (University of Richmond); image shows a curved bank…
Richmond College, "Columbia" (Philip Haxall House)
Circa 1925
Original film negative of Columbia (Philip Haxall House), the main academic building for Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia (University of Richmond…
Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing an original building for Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia, on Lombardy Street, between Grace and Broad Streets, Fan …
Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing building on the original campus of Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia (University of Richmond), on Lombardy Street, be…
Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing buildings on the original campus of Richmond College (University of Richmond), on Lombardy Street, between Grace and Bro…
Richmond Public Schools Gymnastics Exhibition
1914-1922
Glass plate negative of a large group of Richmond Public school children performing in a gymnastics exhibition in Byrd Park, Richmond, Virginia; imag…
The Mosque, Interior
12/1927
Original film negative of the Richmond Mosque, 6 N. Laurel Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the auditorium. Geographic D…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the dance pavilion at Forest Hill Park on the south side of Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. -…
(Mozart) Academy of Music
1886-1927
Glass plate negative of the (Mozart) Academy of Music on 8th Street, between Grace and Franklin Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a…
City Auditorium
1907-1920
Glass plate negative of the City Auditorium at 900 W. Cary Street (now the Cary Street Recreational Complex on the Virginia Commonwealth University c…
Keneseth Israel Synagogue
1908-1920
Glass plate negative of Keneseth Israel Synagogue on 19th Street between Broad and Grace Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a…
Westmoreland Club, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Westmoreland Club, 601 E. Grace Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image of the dining room …
Hotel Richmond
Post 1904
Glass plate negative showing the Hotel Richmond at 9th and Grace Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of the multi-story brick building from…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of the amusement park in Forest Hill Park, Richmond, Virginia; roller coaster and Penny Arcade visible. Geograph…
National Theatre, Exterior
Circa 1923
Glass plate negative showing the National Theatre on Theater Row, Broad Street between 7th and 9th Streets, Richmond, Virginia; image of a four-story…
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
1886-1910
Glass plate negative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 6th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a m…
Monroe Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an image of Monroe Park in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; view of tree-lined pedestrian pathways stretching i…