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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Monument Avenue - Smyth House
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing 2336 Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; house designed by Duncan Lee for the Thomas A. Smyth Family. Geographic Des…
Monument Avenue
1880-1920
Original film negative showing Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; view looking east near Boulevard. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Fan …
13th and Cary Streets
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the corner of 13th and Cary Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of the "Columbian Block," home of the Richmond …
University of Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the 1897 University of Virginia football team; image of a group of young men sitting on the front steps of a campus buil…
Shockoe Hill Cemetery - John Marshall
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the tombs of John Marshall and his wife, Mary Willis Ambler Marshall in Shockoe Hill Cemetery on Hospital Street in Jack…
Broad Street at First Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of East Broad Street at First Street in Richmond, Virginia; Petit & Company on corner. Geographic Description: R…
Broad Street at First Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view looking down East Broad Street from First Street in Richmond, Virginia; electric street cars and horse-drawn vehi…
Broad Street at First Street
1926
Original film negative showing view of East Broad Street at First Street in Richmond, Virginia; The Cohen Company visible at 9-17 East Broad Street; …
Broad Street at First Street
1880-1920
Original film negative showing view of East Broad Street at First Street in Richmond, Virginia; Horace S. Wright Company (Wright and Company) on corn…
16-20 East Broad Street
1925
Original film negative showing three storefronts at 16-20 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; Vaughan's Hardware, Albert's (clothing) and Anders…
16 East Broad Street
1925
Original film negative showing the former location of Vaughan's Hardware at 16 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: Written __"10 W…
Broad Street at Third Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the S. S. Kresge Company on the corner of Broad and 3rd Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; two-story brick building…
Broad Street at Third Street
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the northwest corner of Broad and 3rd Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of a two-story building housing an as…
Broad Street at Third Street
1917
Glass plate negative showing the southeast corner of Broad (301-309) and 3rd Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; three-story brick building house…
Broad Street at Fifth Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing 326-328 East Broad Street between 4th and 5th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; Rothert & Company on corner. Geog…
400 block, East Broad Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the 400 block of East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; view of storefronts on the south side of the street, including K…
Broad Street at Fifth Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the corner of East Broad Street and Fifth Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of storefronts on Broad Street inc…
300-400 blocks, East Broad Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the 300-400 blocks of East Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; Woolworth's and Kaufmann & Company buildings at …
501 E. Broad Street, Miller & Rhoads
1880-1920
Original film negative showing an expansion of the Miller & Rhoads Department Store building at 5th and Broad Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia;…
501 E. Broad Street, Miller & Rhoads
1924
Original film negative showing the Miller & Rhoads Department Store building at 5th and Broad Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; five-story bric…
501 E. Broad Street, Miller & Rhoads
1924
Original film negative showing the Miller & Rhoads Department Store building at 5th and Broad Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; five-story bric…
501 E. Broad Street, Miller & Rhoads
Circa 1925
Glass plate negative (of an earlier original image) showing the Miller & Rhoads Department Store building at 6th and Broad Streets in downtown Richmo…
500 block E. Broad Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the 500 block of E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view looking east; street cars and carriages on cobbles…
500 block E. Broad Street
1914
Glass plate negative showing the 500 block of E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view looking east; Miller & Rhoads Department Store (52…