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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[Central] YMCA Basketball Team
1908
Glass plate negative of a Central YMCA youth basketball team in Richmond, Virginia; image shows six boys in shorts and athletic tops posing with two …
Young Athletes
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing five young men wearing shorts and singlets standing together in a line in a photographers studio; track athletes (?).
Baby With Christmas Tree
1880-1920
Glass plate plate negative showing baby John L. Atwell beside his family Christmas tree; baby sits in child's seat next to tall, illuminated Christma…
The Cohen Company, Inc.
1926
Original film negative showing an interior view of the Cohen Company, Inc., 9-17 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; image of toys, dolls and do…
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Agen…
7/1919
Glass plate negative showing the Virginia representatives for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mutual Building, 909 E. Main Street, R…
Imperial Tobacco Company Ltd., Interior
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative of three men working in an office at the Imperial Tobacco Company (South Boston, Virginia?); image shows the men, all in dark su…
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…