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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Monroe Park
1871-1906
Glass plate negative showing a view of Monroe Park in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; rock pyramid fountain at center of image; Pace Memorial…
Monroe Park
1891-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Monroe Park in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; statue to Confederate General Williams C. Wickham at ce…
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
Post 1914
Glass plate negative of the Young Women's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 6 N. 5th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a mult…
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)…
Post 1907
Glass plate negative of the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) branch building at 15th and Main Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, V…
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…
The Virginia Apartment House
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the Virginia apartment building, west of the Boulevard on Monument Avenue in the Museum District, Richmond, Virginia; image s…
The Shenandoah Apartment Building
1905-1920
Glass plate negative of The Shenandoah apartment building at 901 N. Allen Avenue, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a multi-story …
Monroe Terrace Apartments
1915-1920
Glass plate negative of the Monroe Terrace Apartments, at the corner of Franklin and Laurel Streets, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image s…
The Prestwould Apartments
Post 1929
Original nitrate film negative of the Prestwould Apartments, 612 W. Franklin Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a Tudor Rev…
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[Bauer House Apartments]
1921
Glass plate negative of 2035 Mounument Avenue in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large two-story brick house with windows in atti…
Hyde House
1933
Original film negative showing an interior of the Tristram T. and Mabel Hyde house at 3216 Chamberlayne Avenue in Ginter Park; image of the entry hal…
Richmond Public Schools Gymnastics Exhibition
1914-1922
Glass plate negative of a large group of Richmond (Virginia) Public school children performing in a gymnastics exhibition in Byrd Park; image shows t…
Salvation Army
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Salvation Army building (Corps #1) at 906 E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; three-story building with …
Tobacco Wagons at Drakes Branch
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing tobacco workers and wagons in a clearing at Drakes Branch, Charlotte County, Virginia. Geographic Description: Charlo…
Broad Street
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a view of Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view looking east from Adams Street; streetcar tracks in middle…
Cutting Tobacco
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of men cutting tobacco at Staunton Hill in Charlotte County, Virginia; image shows three men standing in a field of tobacco on a…
Polk Miller's Drug Store
Post 1871
Glass plate negative showing the interior of Polk Miller's Drug Store, 834 E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia; image of a group of men in three-piece…
James McGraw, Incorporated
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the employees and exterior of James McGraw, Inc. (machinists), 1440 E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a gr…
Perkins Monuments
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Edward L. Perkins monument shop at 328-330 S. Cherry Street in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; o…
Spanish-American War Group at Capitol
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing a group of U. S. soldiers on the grounds and portico of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond,…
Spanish-American War Group at Capitol
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing a group of U. S.soldiers on the grounds and portico of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, …
Governor Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing buildings at 221-223 Governor Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; three-story row houses with Italianate decoration; …
Grove Avenue
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a view of Grove Avenue at Meadow Street looking east; Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; Tabernacle Baptist Church vi…
Granby Street
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a house at 106 N. Granby Street in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; small, one-story frame house with two chimn…