Historic Images

Photograph of a drawing of the Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital on 20th Street (2nd Avenue is to the left). To the left (on the corner of Second Avenue) is the Roosa building, purchased in 1894. To the right is the Hewitt building, purchased in 1912.

Exterior arial view of the newly completed University Hospital. This photograph appeared in the Medical Quarterly (Winter 1963)

Model Illustration of proposed University Hospital building.

A portrait of Dean Donal Sheehan, seated.

A photograph of a painting of Dr. Robert Carlisle. Dimensions are for image only.

A portrait of Robert Carlisle, seated.

A head & shoulders portrait of Dr. Joseph Goldberger in military uniform.

A side view of Goldberger, seated and reading a book.

A photograph of a bust of William C. Gorgas.

William Crawford Gorgas (1854 –1920) graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1879, and would go on to be appointed to the US Army Medical Corps from 1880 to 1918, reaching the rank of Major General. Gorgas served as Chief Sanitary Officer in Havana, where, with Robert Ernest Noble, he worked to eradicate yellow fever and malaria. In 1904, Gorgas began his role as chief sanitary officer on the Panama Canal construction project.

A head and shoulders view of William Crawford Gorgas. Caption: "William Gorgas 1854 - 1920 Controlled malaria and yellow fever at the sight of the building of the Panama Canal." This image is not a regular print; it is glued to foamcore and looks to have been used for a display/exhibit.

William Crawford Gorgas (1854 –1920) graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1879, and would go on to be appointed to the US Army Medical Corps from 1880 to 1918, reaching the rank of Major General. Gorgas served as Chief Sanitary Officer in Havana, where, with Robert Ernest Noble, he worked to eradicate yellow fever and malaria. In 1904, Gorgas began his role as chief sanitary officer on the Panama Canal construction project.