Historic Images

Dr. Bryant's Clinic. Students observe an operation being performed.

Photograph of 4 horse-drawn Bellevue ambulances with attendants (dressed in white) and drivers (sitting at the helm).

Illustration titled "Dislocations of the Femur... For the Use of Professor Mott's Class." The illustration shows five nude men, each with a caption detailing the dislocation or fracture.

A close-up view of the Bellevue entrance gate. Information below from Registration Record: View of the Bellevue Hospital Gatehouse, erected in 1885 on the north side of 26th Street midway between First Avenue and the East River and the East River, demolished in 1929. This is a later photograph of the Gatehouse because the gas lanterns on either side have been removed. This is not an original photograph.

An exterior view of the hospital from the East River, c. 1880's.

A view of the hospital from the East River. A construction project is in progress. This is not an original photograph.

A view (at an angle) of the hospital from the East River. Either the A&B or the L&M building. Information below from Registration Record: Probably the A&B buildings, but depending on the angle the photograph was taken from it could be the L&M building.

A close-up view of the steps of the Administration Building, with a horse-drawn ambulance next to the steps. Prints made from glass negatives. Negatives owned by Dr. Arthur Zitrin.

An exterior view of Bellevue Hospital Administration Building and some of the grounds. Also in view are a couple of horse-drawn carriages and some men on foot. The railing at the top of the two staircases in the photograph was a section of the original railing in place at Federal Hall in Manhattan in 1789 when George Washington took the oath of office as President.

Bellevue Hospital building located at 30th and First Avenue, ca. 1930.