exterior views

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

A view of the hospital from a pier in the East River. The Chrysler Building is visible on the right, and the Empire State building is also visible, though quite faint.

Exterior view of the administration building.

This view shows the hospital in a construction phase, with the East River in the background. Through the steel structure can be seen the old morgue and the 26th Street pier. Mills Training School for Male Nurses in the dark building to the right and blocking part of A & B and next to it is a portion of the old O.D.P. Lower right building is the Psychiatric Pavilion.

Children from Sturgis Pavilion, Ward 40, are seen outdoors under a tent roof, in cribs and cots. Doctors and nurses are in attendance. The red brick building on the left was Ward 40 also known as Sturgis Pavilion. It was used by the third medical division for the treatment of female patients. The Sturgis Pavilion was torn down in 1924. Behind Ward 40 (Sturgis Pavilion) was another building. The upper floor was used for the treatment of Alcoholics and the lower floor was an ambulance garage and stable.

A group of tents on the grounds of the hospital, with one nurse and a couple of men in view. Information below from Registration Record: Tents on Bellevue grounds facing west. These tents were used to house the overflow of epidemic patients. The Old Administration building is in the center of the picture. The Bellevue nurse is seen in uniform of the second half of the 19th century. Dimensions are for image only. The photo has age damage, with a number of light-colored spots on the image.

Image shows a horse-drawn ambulance in front of a Dispensary, with four men standing behind it. Two of the men are holding a stretcher, which appears to have a patient in it. Information below from Registration Record: In the upper right hand corner a Bellevue nurse is standing on the landing of an outdoor stairway or fire escape looking down at the scene.

Close-up view of a tent-like building on the grounds of the hospital, date unknown. The building's construction is similar to the temporary buildings put up by the military during WWII. Stamped in the lower left-hand corner of the photograph, "Bellevue Hospital, N.Y. City. Photographic Department. O.G. Mason."

A view of the Administration Building and some of the grounds. Information below from Registration Record: View is from the East River Side. The bottom of the photograph has several pieces missing.

A view of Bellevue Hospital, from the East River.