Cook Photograph Collection
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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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Robert E. Lee equestrian statue
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Robert E. Lee equestrian statue on Monument and Allen Avenues in Richmond, Virginia; view looking northwest; Jeffers…
City Center Panorama
6/16/1930
Original film negative showing a panorama of downtown Richmond, Virginia; view looking east from the roof of the John Marshall Hotel Geographic Desc…
Williams Carter Wickham
Circa 1891
Glass plate negative showing the dedication (?) of a statue of Confederate Brigadier General Williams Carter Wickham in Monroe Park, Richmond, Virgin…
Robert E. Lee Monument
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Robert E. Lee equestrian statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; several men in suits and hats (Confederate…
Capitol Square
Post 1905
Glass plate negative showing Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia after an ice storm; trees in foreground covered with ice; Virginia state Capitol bu…
Capitol Square
Post 1905
Glass plate negative showing a view of Capitol Square taken from the roof of a building on 9th Street (Federal Reserve?); George Washington equestria…
Capitol Square
1894-1905
Glass plate negative showing a view of Capitol Square taken from the roof of a building on 9th Street (Federal Reserve?); George Washington equestria…
Waterworks Basin
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the old waterworks basin near downtown Richmond, Virginia; James River and Kanawha Canal in foreground; James River and …
Richmond Panorama
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of the James River in Virginia (not Richmond?); canal and railroad tracks in foreground; river and settling basin…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the trolley stop near 41st Street and Forest Hill Avenue, for Forest Hill Park on the south side of Richmond, Virginia; …
Monroe Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Monroe Park in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; view of fountain at western edge of park; Cathedral of …
Byrd Park
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a view of (William) Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia; image of a woman getting into a car parked on the side of the roa…
Byrd Park
1920
Original film negative showing a view of (William) Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia; view of the (Arthur Ashe) Boulevard looking north; median with li…
Pollard Park
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a view of Pollard Park, located on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; view of wooden gazebo with pergolas on either…
Masonic Temple
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Masonic Temple at 101-107 W. Broad Street in the Monroe Ward area of Richmond, Virginia; multi-story Richardsonian R…
Blair Pharmacy
1880-1920
Original film negative showing an interior view of the pharmacy run by Hugh Blair at 20 E. Broad Street in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond,…
Broad Street
Circa 1916
Glass plate negative showing a view of the 800 block of E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; Murphy's Hotel at left. Inscription: Written…
Broad Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of E. Broad street between 6th and 8th Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; Murphy's Hotel in background at l…
First Police Station
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the "First Police Station" at 1709 E. Broad Street in the Shockoe Bottom area of Richmond, Virginia; two-story building …
The Times
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing The Times building on Bank and 10th Streets in the Financial District of Richmond, Virginia; The Times was published fro…
Jaquelin Taylor Row
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Jaquelin Taylor Row at 1108-1112 Capitol Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; three attached three-story brick town ho…
Park Hotel
Pre 1912
Glass plate negative showing the Park Hotel at Capitol and 9th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; three-story building on corner lot; original h…
Dabney House
1880-1920
Original film negative showing an interior room in the Dabney House at 113 N. Foushee Street in the Monroe Ward area of Richmond, Virginia; view of t…
Floyd Avenue
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a block of Floyd Avenue, east of Harrison Street in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; brick single family and smal…