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
Harvesting Peanuts
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a peanut harvest in an unidentified location; image shows a man walking behind a mule-pulled plow; a small child stoops to pi…
Hollywood Cemetery - Stuart
1890
Glass plate negative showing the obelisk monument for General J. E. B. Stuart in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Ric…
Harvesting Peanuts
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a peanut harvest in Suffolk, Virginia; image shows a woman stacking plants in the foreground; four men stack plants in backgr…
The Air Men at the Virginia State Fair
1910
Glass plate plate negative showing seven men posed outside in front of a canvas tent; identified as the "Air Men" at the Virginia State Fair, Richmon…
Man Plowing with Horses
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a man plowing with a pair of horses at the Oak Ridge farm in Nelson County, Virginia. Geographic Description: Nelson Co…
Picking Potatoes
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing farm workers picking potatoes at a farm near Norfolk, Virginia; workers fill bushel baskets with potatoes; horse-drawn w…
Unidentified Group of Men
Circa 1880
Glass plate negative showing a group of unidentified men on the porch of a brick and frame house or hotel; six men are seated; seven men stand behind…
Tobacco Fields
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of tobacco fields in an unidentified location in Virginia; image shows a panoramic view of fields of large tobacco leaves; sever…
Group of Men
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a vintage print (missing) showing a group of men standing outside on the grass in front of a frame house; man in center holds…
Strawberry Pickers
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative of a large group of men and women either leaving or arriving to work in fields picking strawberries; image shows a long line of …
Plowing with Mules
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of several men lined up to plow fields with hand plows pulled by pairs of mules.
Cradling Wheat
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of several men cradling wheat in Orange County, Virginia; the men work in a field using cradle scythes; low hill in background. …
Soda Fountain
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the interior of an unidentified drug store/soda fountain (possibly Scher's); image of a man in white uniform standing be…
Alfalfa Crop
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an alfalfa field in the Rappahannock River Valley (Virginia); man stands in harvested field holding large bunch of plant…
Grace Arents School Group
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a group of students at Grace Arents School (Richmond, Virginia Public Schools), 600 S. Pine Street in Oregon Hill; the c…
Barber College Students
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the interior of an unidentified barber college; image shows two rows of men dressed in white jackets standing behind bar…
Spotless Company Building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Spotless Company Building at 1017 E. Canal Street in the Financial District of Richmond, Virginia; multi-story brick…
World War Group at Miss Scott's
5/30/1919
Glass plate negative showing a group of U. S. Navy sailors and young women posed in the yard of Miss Frances "Boxie" Scott, 712 W. Franklin Street, i…
Dietz Printing Company, Interior
Circa 1925
Original film negative showing the interior of Dietz Printing Company, 13 N. 11th Street, Richmond, Virginia; image of men in vests and aprons workin…
Abrams Cakes, Interior
Circa 1925
Original film negative showing the interior of Abrams Cakes, 9 E. Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia; image of man in baker's white cap and jacket stan…
U. S. Destroyer Shubrick
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the U. S. destroyer (naval torpedo) "Shubrick" sailing down the James River from Richmond, Virginia; first vessel to lea…
Memorial Tree Planting at Brook Hill
1917-1920
Glass plate negative showing six U. S. Army soldiers planting a tree at Brook Hill, the home of the Stewart and Bryan families in Henrico County, Vir…
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works Group
1890-1899
Glass plate negative showing a group of employees from the Richmond Locomotive Works outside the warehouse, Richmond, Virginia; ten men in dark three…
Keystone Ditcher
Post 1922
Glass plate negative showing a Model 4-22 Keystone Ditcher cutting a 25-foot ditch in an unidentified location on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia…