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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Virginia State Capitol Building
Circa 1906
Glass plate negative showing a view through the portico on the southern facade of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Vi…
Virginia State Capitol Building
1906-1920
Glass plate negative showing the rear or north facade of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Governor…
Virginia State Capitol Building
1906-1920
Glass plate negative showing the southern facade of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; view through trees lik…
Virginia State Capitol Building
1906-1920
Glass plate negative showing the southern facade of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descriptio…
Virginia State Capitol Building
1906-1920
Glass plate negative showing the southern facade of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descriptio…
Virginia State Capitol Building
1906-1920
Glass plate negative showing the northern facade of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; statue of Dr. Hunter H…
Virginia State Capitol Building
1906-1920
Glass plate negative showing the southern facade of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; view from the southeas…
Virginia State Capitol Building
4/10/1913
Glass plate negative showing the southern facade of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; large group of people …
Laburnum House
Circa 1914
Glass plate negative showing the garden of the third Laburnum house (1908), Westwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, V…
Laburnum House
Circa 1914
Glass plate negative showing a side facade and gardens of the third Laburnum house (1908), Westwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descripti…
Laburnum House
Circa 1914
Glass plate negative showing the front facade and gardens of the third Laburnum house (1908), Westwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descri…
Jonathan Bryan House
Post 1908
Glass plate negative showing the front facade of the Jonathan Bryan house, Westwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia; image of a large brick three-bay hous…
White House of the Confederacy
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a rear view of the White House of the Confederacy at 1201 E. Clay Street (and 12th Street) in Richmond, Virginia; the Cl…
House in Ginter Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a two-story brick house with tile roof at 3501 Chamberlayne Avenue in Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descr…
Tragle's Drug Company
8/1919
Glass plate negative showing a display window at Tragle's Drug Company, 817-819 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; window with display of "Prevento…
Hollywood Cemetery - Tyler and Monroe
Circa 1915
Glass plate negative showing President John Tyler's obelisk at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia; tomb of James Monroe visible in background. G…
Hobson Rutherfoord House
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Hobson Rutherfoord House at 2 W. Franklin Street in the Monroe Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; two-story br…
Panorama of Richmond - James River and Mayo Bridge
Circa 1907
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia looking west from the south side of the James River near the Mayo Bridge. Inscri…
W. Franklin Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of W. Franklin Street looking west from Foushee Street in the Monroe Ward area of Richmond, Virginia; Archer Ande…
McCabe's University School Baseball Team
Circa 1925
Glass plate negative showing the baseball team from McCabe's University School, 401 E. Cary Street in Gambles Hill, Richmond, Virginia; image of a gr…
Mayo Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the old wooden Mayo Bridge crossing the James River at 14th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descripti…
Wilson-Bayley House
Pre 1892
Glass plate negative showing the Wilson-Bayley House (second from corner) at 203 W. Franklin Street; two-story Greek Revival house with dormer window…
University of Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing three University of Virginia faculty members seated on the lawn in front of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia in…
College of William and Mary
1893
Glass plate negative showing a group of students and faculty posed in front of a brick building at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, V…