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
Ballard House and Exchange Hotel, Exterior
1888-1896
Glass plate negative showing the Ballard House Hotel (left) and Exchange Hotel (right), at 14th and E. Franklin Streets in downtown Richmond, Virgini…
Murphy's Hotel, Exterior
Post 1913
Glass plate negative showing Murphy's Hotel, 8th and Broad Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; multi-story brick building in middle of block; Hot…
Murphy's Hotel, Exterior
1902-1913
Glass plate negative showing Murphy's Hotel, 8th and Broad Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; multi-story brick building to right in image; othe…
Swan Tavern Building, Exterior
1901-1903
Glass plate negative showing the Swan Tavern building, 812-814 E. Broad Street, between 8th and 9th Streets, Richmond, Virginia; two-story frame buil…
Scuffletown Tavern, Exterior
1905-1913
Glass plate negative showing Scuffletown Tavern, corner of Park Avenue and Addison Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; two-story frame b…
Ford's Hotel, Exterior
1904-1909
Glass plate negative showing Ford's Hotel (formerly Powhatan Hotel), northeast corner of 11th and Capitol Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; fi…
Shockoe Hill Cemetery - Peter Francisco
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a grave marker for Peter Francisco in Shockoe Hill Cemetery on Hospital Street in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia. Geo…
Panorama of Richmond
Pre 1906
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia looking west from the top of the Virginia State Capitol building; St. Paul's Epis…
Ford's Hotel, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing Ford's Hotel (formerly Powhatan Hotel), northeast corner of 11th and Capitol Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virgi…
American (Lexington) Hotel, Exterior
1894-1896
Glass plate negative showing the American Hotel (later the Lexington Hotel), at 12th and Main Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a …
Hotel Stumpf, Exterior
1920-1950
Glass plate negative showing the Hotel Stumpf, 8th and Main Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; seven-story brick building on corner; view from …
Union Hotel, Exterior
1915-1935
Glass plate negative showing the Union Hotel, 19th and Main Streets, in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; multi-story building with front veranda. …
Reuger's Hotel, Exterior
4/1917
Glass plate negative showing Reuger's Hotel, 9th and Bank Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; nine-story brick building with numerous windows; v…
Reuger's Hotel, Exterior
12/4/1915
Glass plate negative showing Reuger's Hotel, 9th and Bank Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; nine-story brick building with numerous windows; v…
Baptist Home for Aged Women
Post 1913-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Baptist Home for Aged Women, at Grove Avenue and Harvie Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; three-story…
Johnston-Willis Hospital
Post 1923
Original film negative of Johnston-Willis Hospital at Kensington and Colonial Avenues, in the Museum District, Richmond, Virginia; multi-story Renais…
Johnston-Willis Hospital
10/1924
Original film negative of Johnston-Willis Hospital at Kensington and Colonial Avenues, in the Museum District, Richmond, Virginia; multi-story Renais…
Johnston-Willis Hospital
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Johnston-Willis Hospital at Kensington and Colonial Avenues, in the Museum District, Richmond, Virginia; image of a mult…
Shockoe Hill Cemetery - Jane Stith Crain Stanard
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a grave marker for Jane Stith Craig Stanard in Shockoe Hill Cemetery on Hospital Street in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virgi…
Panorama of Richmond - Center City
3/27/1912
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia center city looking west from about 10th and E. Main Streets; United States Post …
Richmond, Virginia Industrial Panorama
Circa 1913
Glass plate negative showing an industrial area along the banks of the James River in Richmond, Virginia; view looking south across the river from th…
Virginia State Capitol Building
1906-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; view from the southwest. Geographi…
Hygeia Hospital and Sanatorium
8/1920
Glass plate negative showing the Hygeia Hospital and Sanatorium at the southwest corner of N. Adams and W. Grace Streets, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, V…
Charlotte Williams Memorial Hospital
Post 1903-1920
Glass plate negative showing Charlotte Williams Memorial Hospital, 1201 E. Broad Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; large, Classical Revival H-s…