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
Boulevard
6/9/1920
Original film negative showing a view of the Boulevard near Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: Written __"Boulevard L[?] June 9 1920" __E…
Edmund Randolph House, Capitol Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Edmund Randolph house on Capitol Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; man and child stand in front of house. Geog…
Edmund Randolph House, Capitol Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Edmund Randolph house on Capitol Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; man and child stand in front of house. Geog…
Main Street
1910
Original film negative showing the intersection of Main and 11th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: Written __"Main St. 1910" __Ed…
Libby Hill
Circa 1910
Original film negative showing a panoramic view of Libby Hill, Libby Hill park and the James River in Richmond, Virginia; Confederate Soldiers and Sa…
Byrd Park
1915
Glass plate negative showing a view of Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia; image of the edge of Boat or Fountain Lake with park at right. Inscription: …
Center City Panorama
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of center city, Richmond, Virginia; view looking north east from 12th and Broad Streets. Geographic De…
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Pre 1893
Glass plate negative showing men working on the construction of the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument on Libby Hill in Richmond, Virginia; me…
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument on Libby Hill in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va…
Gambles Hill panorama
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of the James River industrial area at Richmond, Virginia from Gambles Hill; park benches sit on edge of…
Arcade Building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Arcade Building at 207-209 N. Foushee Street in the Monroe Ward area of Richmond, Virginia; three-story brick buildi…
Ironfront building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a four-story iron front building on the 1200 block of E. Main Street in the Shockoe Slip area of Richmond, Virginia; sto…
James River panorama
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of the James River looking west towards the city of Richmond, Virginia from the Rocketts area. Geograp…
Mayo Bridge and James River
Post 1894-Pre 1906
Glass plate negative showing a view of the north side of the James River at Richmond, Virginia; view of the Mayo Bridge at left; city skyline in dist…
Ironfront building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a four-story ironfront building on the 1200 block of E. Main Street in the Shockoe Slip area of Richmond, Virginia; stor…
1200 block E. Main Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a four-story brick building at 1201-1205 of E. Main Street in the Shockoe Slip area of Richmond, Virginia; building divi…
Bloemendaal Farm
Circa 1918
Glass plate negative showing a cottage on the grounds of Bloemendaal Farm, the home of Grace Arents in Henrico County, Virginia. Geographic Descript…
Bloemendaal Farm
Circa 1918
Glass plate negative showing a driveway at Bloemendaal Farm, the home of Grace Arents in Henrico County, Virginia; main house visible at right. Geog…
Bloemendaal Farm
Circa 1918
Glass plate negative showing cottages at Bloemendaal Farm, the home of Grace Arents in Henrico County, Virginia. Geographic Description: Henrico Cou…
Bloemendaal Farm
Circa 1918
Glass plate negative showing the main house at Bloemendaal Farm, the home of Grace Arents in Henrico County, Virginia. Geographic Description: Henri…
Bryan Park Gates
Circa 1912
Glass plate negative showing six young children (Bryan family?) standing at the wrought-iron gates to the newly constructed Joseph Bryan Park in Rich…
Valentine Museum
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the front of the Valentine Museum on Clay Street, in Richmond, Virginia; museum housed in the two-story, Federal-style, …
Valentine Museum
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the front of the Valentine Museum on Clay Street, in Richmond, Virginia; museum housed in the two-story, Federal-style, …
Valentine Museum
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the front of the Valentine Museum on Clay and 11th Streets in Richmond, Virginia; museum housed in the two-story, Federa…