Bellevue Hospital

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 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.

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.

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.