exterior views

View of courtyard and drive inside the entrance gate to the hospital. Street running in front of main building, looking north. The North Wing is in the background. South Wing, left foreground. Two pavilions can be seen to the right. There are two motor vehicles parked on the right side of the street, facing front; the first is a small truck, with hard rubber tires.

An exterior view of Bellevue's Marquand Pavilion, from an opposite street corner. Several pedestrians are visible, including a woman with a baby carriage and a child selling fruits or vegetables from a cart.

A view of the hospital ca. 1875, as sections F & G are under construction. Information below from Registration record: The gatehouse can be seen to the right of the pavilion. Motor vehicles parked on 26th street. On the lower left of the photograph is written "White Studio N.Y. 134-46-1"; all 4 corners of the picture are missing. Corners of photo broken off, otherwise in good shape.

Infromation taken from Registration Record: The Sturges pavilion is on the right (view from East River side). There are several female patients, in beds, on a porch covered with an awning to the left side of the pavilion. Written on the left of the photograph i, "General view from East river Aug. 24, 1922." Written on the back, "Bellevue 1922 & Police Tent" ; the "Police" has been marked out.

Information below taken from Registration record: This is a view of the rear north side of the Chapel. Notice the ivy growth on walls, building to the left or rear, has a fire escape on the 5th floor.

An exterior view of the hospital, at 1st Avenue and 27th Street. Information below taken from finding aid: July 1948, The old Episcopal Chapel of Bellevue hospital. Facing First Avenue in the area of the present main entrance of the hospital, the building was torn down in 1938 to make way for the new Administration building. Dimensions are image only.

The image shows an early 20th century Bellevue ambulance and its surgeon at the scene of the aftermath of an accident. There are numerous people around the wounded man - children, police, and various passers-by. The ambulance appears to be a gas-powered vehicle, as there is no horse in view.

A view of the hospital from the East River, in 1879. Information below from Registration Record: This photograph used in the Robert J. Carlisle book "An Account of Bellevue Hospital" (76). This is not an original print.

Gatehouse of Bellevue Hospital, in 1890. Some men can be seen in the photo, both at the gate and inside the courtyard. Information Below taken from Registration Record: Erected in 1885, the gates stoocd on the north side of 26th street, midway between First Avenue and the East River. The entrance was demolished in 1929 to allow for the constructino of the O.P.D building." Inscription over doorway at left, "Founded 1812. Erected 1885." Across the archway "Bellevue Hospital." Over the doorway at right, "Commissioners Thomas S. Brennan Prest /Henry H. Porter/ Chas E. Simmons/ Joseph M Dunn (?) architect." The hospital can be seen through the archway of the gatehouse, and on the left is a sidewalk going past the main entrance to Bellevue. There are two men standing in the street on the other side of the archway looking toward the camera. There are 4 shuttered windows across the top, only the lower halves are in the photograph. Written on the back of the photograph is "Summer 1890"

The image shows an entrance gate to Bellevue Hospital, some of the buildings and grounds. Information below taken from Registration Record: This shot was taken about 2 to 3 stories high from across the street (26th), the gatehouse is in the left foregound. There is an enclosed partition in front of the left door. Stamped on the back "K. D. Bryson/ 140 Wadsworth Avenue/ order by this number - BHI"