George S. Cook
Cook, George S [Smith], born Feb. 23, 1819 in Stratford, CT; died Nov. 27, 1902 in Richmond, VA (interred Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond)
Columbus, GA, May 31 - Aug. 10, 1848 and July 3 - Sept. 13, 1849, and Feb.- March 1850 [July-Oct. 1849 operator @ Foster & Purple's room, over their jewelry store; Feb. 5 - March 26, 1850 @ Cook & Lansing] (SEE entry below; Cook's name continued to be used in advertising, but ads were "signed" by him only though March)
LaGrange, May 24 - June 15, 1849
Macon, Sept. 20 - Dec. 30, 1848 and Jan. 1 - April 5, 1849 [1848 over Damour's Confectionary; 1849 on Mulberry St.]
Milledgeville, March 24 - May 8, 1849
Warm Springs, August 23 - 28, 1848
Note: Cook is also known to have traveled briefly to Atlanta, Augusta, Barnesville, and Savannah, but no documentation of his taking photographs in these cities has yet been found.
Cook & Lansing (George S. Cook & H. L. Lansing) Columbus, GA, Feb. - May 1850 in Rooms in Mygatt's new building, Randolph St., near Fogle & Cushman's (advertisements by early April were signed by H. L. Lansing only)
[Contributed by Lee Eltzroth, February 2013]