Historic Images

Photograph of Stephen Smith, MD (1823-1922) standing in the Palm Room of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Michigan. Dr. Smith served as Professor of Anatomy (1867-1872) and Professor of Principles and Practice of Surgery (1861-1866) at Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He also served as Professor of Clinical Surgery (1874-1894), Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (1874-1882), and Emeritus Professor (1894-1896) at University Medical College.

A well-known surgeon and public health officer, he undertook a survey of New York City Health conditions in 1865 on behalf of the Council on Hygiene and Public Health. The Report of the Council, referred to as the Magna Carta of municipal sanitation in the United States, resulted in a law passed in 1866 which established the Health Department. Dr. Smith was a founder of and the first president of the American Public Health Association.

Illustrated portrait of Lewis Albert Sayre, MD (1820-1900) with signature. Dr. Sayre served as Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1897 and as Emeritus Professor from 1897 to 1898.

Photographic reproduction of a signed portrait of Lewis Albert Sayre, MD (1820-1900). Dr. Sayre served as Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1897 and as Emeritus Professor from 1897 to 1898.

Photographic portrait of Alexander Brown Mott, MD (1826-1889) in military uniform. Dr. Mott taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1889, first as Professor of Anatomy (1861-1871) and then as Professor of Surgery (1871-1889).

Carte-de-visite of Frank Hamilton. He is posed standing upright leaning on an ornate chair.

Carte-de-visite of George Elliot, quarter-view.

Head and shoulders, three-quarter view, photogravure type photograph of Fordyce Barker (1818-1891).

First building of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, ca 1880.

Sketch of the NYU School of Medicine building at East 26th Street in Manhattan. Originally built for the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, NYU acquired the property in 1898 when the two schools merged. Clarence de la Chappelle was a graduate of the class of 1922

A view of the NYU Medical School building from across the street. The time period could be the 1930's or 1940's. Originally built for the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, NYU acquired the property in 1898 when the two schools merged. In the bottom right of the photograph is a large building with columns. This was NYU's 28th Street building, acquired from Cornell's Medical College in 1931.