Historic Images

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.

Portrait of Dr. Janeway, 1841-1911, seated. <p> Professor of Pathology and Practical Anatomy and First Dean of the newly merged Bellevue and University Medical College, 1898. Dr. Janeway advanced the course of Pathology in America by hiring William Welch at Bellevue Hosptial Medical College in 1878. Dr. Janeway was the NYC Health Commissioner 1875-1881. <p>(1 copy 4x5 negative) (1 similar print mounted on foam core with text, 1 copy slide).

A cabinet card portrait of Dr. Alfred Lebbeus Loomis (head & shoulders).

A view of the front entrance of the Carnegie Laboratory, around 1945. The Carnegie Laboratory, originally part of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, opened in 1884, and was the first lab devoted to pathology and bacteriology.

A close-up view of the front doors of the laboratory. The Carnegie Laboratory, originally part of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, opened in 1884, and was the first lab devoted to pathology and bacteriology.

A print of an engraving of the front entrance to the Carnegie Laboratory, originally part of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, opened in 1884. The Carnegie Laboratory was the first lab devoted to pathology and bacteriology.

A view of the Carnegie Lecture Hall, looking down toward the lecturer's table from the balcony.

Cover of the second annual announcement for the college, 1862-1863. This announcement has been restored with rice paper.

Cover of the first Annual Announcement for the college, 1861-1862. This announcement has been restored with rice paper.

The House Staff of 1890, seated on the steps of the old Bellevue Administration Building. According to Robert Carlisle's history of Bellevue (An Account of Bellevue Hospital), the House Staff of 1890 (two groups, each for six months) included Group I - Edwin K. Losee, Samuel Cummings, David H. McAlpin, Jr., James H. McIntosh, William N. MacArtney, Royal W. Pinney, William B. Arnold, Theodore Dunham and Group II - Stewart Paton, Marcos M. Rodriguez, Austin Flint, Jr., W. Evelyn Porter, Herbert L. Constable, Walter C. Wood, George D. Stewart, and Morton R. Peck. There are clearly more than 16 men in the photo, but the additional names and roles are unknown.