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
Richmond College, Ryland Library, Interior
1918
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of Ryland Library housed in the south wing of Ryland Hall, on the campus of Richmond College, Richmond,…
Richmond College, Thomas Hall
1914-1920
Glass plate negative showing James Thomas, Jr. Hall on the campus of Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia (University of Richmond); image shows a lar…
Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing an original building for Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia, on Lombardy Street, between Grace and Broad Streets, Fan …
St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural Institute
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the marching band of St. Emma Industrial & Agricultural Institute at Belmead Plantation, Powhatan County; image of a gro…
Laburnum House
12/26/1914
Glass plate negative showing the front facade of the third Laburnum house (1908), Westwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia after a heavy snowfall. Inscri…
Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing an original building for Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia, on Lombardy Street, between Grace and Broad Streets, Fan …
Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing two buildings on the original campus of Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia (University of Richmond), on Lombardy Stree…
Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing a building on the original campus of Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia (University of Richmond), on Lombardy Street, …
Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the back of three buildings on the original campus of Richmond College (University of Richmond); Columbia (Philip Haxall…
Richmond College
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative a building on the original campus of Richmond College (University of Richmond), on Lombardy Street, between Grace and Broad Stre…
Lubin and Bijou Theatres
1909-1916
Glass plate negative showing the Lubin and Bijou Theatres on Theater Row, Broad Street, between 8th and 9th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; i…
Bijou Family Theatre
1899-1905
Glass plate negative showing the first Bijou Family Theatre on Theater Row, Broad Street, between 7th and 9th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia;…
St. Alban's Hall
1908
Glass plate negative of St. Alban's Hall, a Masonic Lodge on the southeast corner of Main and 3rd Streets, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image …
(Mozart) Academy of Music
1886-1927
Glass plate negative of the (Mozart) Academy of Music on 8th Street, between Grace and Franklin Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a…
Broadway Theatre
1919-1925
Glass plate negative of the Broadway Theatre on Theater Row (Broad Street, between 7th and 9th Streets), Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-story …
City Auditorium
1907-1920
Glass plate negative of the City Auditorium at 900 W. Cary Street (now the Cary Street Recreational Complex on the Virginia Commonwealth University c…
Richmond Theatre
Circa 1889
Glass plate negative of the Richmond Theatre on Theater Row (7th and Broad Streets) in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a multi-story Classic…
Richmond, Virginia Center City Panorama
8/19/1915
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of center city, Richmond, Virginia; view looking east towards downtown Richmond, Virginia from across M…
New Union Station
Circa 1901
Glass plate negative (ca. 1901) showing the new Union Station (Main Street Station) building at Main and 15th Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Vi…
Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
1910-1920
Glass plate negative (lantern slide) of the Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 7th and Grace Streets in downtown Richmond, …
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
1886-1900
Glass plate negative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 6th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a m…
Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Post 1910
Glass plate negative (lantern slide) of the Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 7th and Grace Streets in downtown Richmond, …
Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Post 1910
Glass plate negative (lantern slide) of the Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 7th and Grace Streets in downtown Richmond, …
Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Post 1910
Glass plate negative (lantern slide) of the Central Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 7th and Grace Streets in downtown Richmond, …