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
Retreat for the Sick Hospital
1920
Glass plate negative of Retreat for the Sick Hospital, 2621 Grove Avenue in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a five-story brick buil…
Retreat for the Sick Hospital
1920
Glass plate negative of Retreat for the Sick Hospital, 2621 Grove Avenue in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a five-story brick buil…
St. Luke's Home for the Sick
1882-1899
Glass plate negative of St. Luke's Home for the Sick at the corner of Governor and Ross Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a four-s…
Johnston-Willis Hospital
7/23/1922
Original film negative of Johnston-Willis Hospital at the corner of 6th and Franklin Streets, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image of a multi-st…
Retreat for the Sick
2/1921
Glass plate negative of Retreat for the Sick Hospital, 2621 Grove Avenue, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a five-story Classical…
Richmond Public (Dooley) Library, Exterior
Circa 1935
Original film negative of the Richmond (City) Public (Dooley) Library at the corner of 1st and Franklin Streets, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; …
Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey), Ex…
Circa 1925
Original film negative of the Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey), now the Virginia Historical Society, 428 N. Boulevard in the Museum Dist…
Mutual (Assurance Society) Building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an exterior view of the Mutual (Assurance Society) Building at 9th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; buil…
Shockoe Hill Cemetery - Van Lew Section
Pre 1900
Glass plate negative showing the Van Lew section of Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia before a "rock" marker was placed over Elizabeth Van Le…
Panorama of Richmond - James River and Mayo Bridge
1894-1904
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia looking west from the south side of the James River near the Mayo Bridge. Geogra…
Richmond, Virginia Industrial Panorama
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an industrial area along the banks of the James River in Richmond, Virginia; view looking across Belle Island and Johnso…
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…
Masonic Temple, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the Masonic Temple, 101-107 W. Broad Street, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large, brick Richardsonian Rom…
Edgar Allan Poe Shrine
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Edgar Allan Poe Shrine at 1916 E. Main Street in Richmond, Virginia; small brick cottage with dormer windows in atti…
Masons' Hall (Randolph Lodge), Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of Masons' Hall-Randolph Lodge No. 19, at 18th and E. Franklin Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image of a ceremon…
Broad Street (Union) Station, Exterior
12/1/1918
Glass plate negative of Broad Street (Union) Station, 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the nearly completed train station from a…
Byrd Street Station (Union Depot), Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the Byrd Street Station (Union Depot) on Byrd Street, between 7th and 8th Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image show…
Byrd Street Station (Union Depot), Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the Byrd Street Station (Union Depot) on Byrd Street, between 7th and 8th Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image show…
Main Street Station, Exterior
1901-1925
Glass plate negative of Main Street Station, 1500 E. Main Street in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the front of the Renaissance Revi…
Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to Richmond
1905
Glass plate negative showing President Theodore Roosevelt riding in an open, horse-drawn carriage in a parade down Main Street near 5th Street, Richm…
Shockoe Hill Cemetery - Elizabeth Van Lew
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing a memorial plaque mounted on a large rock in Shockoe Hill Cemetery on Hospital Street in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virgini…
Masonic Temple, Exterior
4/23/1919
Glass plate negative of the Masonic Temple, 101-107 W. Broad Street, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large, brick Richardsonian Rom…
Masonic Temple, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the Masonic Temple, 101-107 W. Broad Street, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large, brick Richardsonian Rom…
Inauguration of Governor George C. Peery
1/16/1934
Original film negative of the Virginia State Capitol building during the inauguration of Governor George C. Peery; image, taken from above, shows the…