Historic Images

Interior view of a Bellevue Hospital amphitheater during an operation, with students observing from above. The image is captioned “Dr. Bryant’s Clinic” and may refer to Dr. Joseph Decatur Bryant.

Photograph of four horse-drawn Bellevue ambulances. Attendants dressed in white stand beside the ambulances, while drivers are seated inside the carriages.

Illustration titled “Dislocations of the Femur. Enlarged from Sir A. Cooper. For the Use of Professor Mott’s Class.” The illustration shows five nude men, each with a caption detailing the dislocation or fracture. Professor Mott may be Dr. Alexander Brown Mott (1826-1889).

Exterior view of the Bellevue Hospital Gatehouse entrance, 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. The Gatehouse originally had gas lanterns on either side of the gate; in this photograph they have been removed, which dates the image to later in the structure’s existence.

Exterior view of Bellevue Hospital from the East River, circa 1880s.

Exterior view of Bellevue Hospital from the East River. A construction project is in progress.

Angled exterior view of Bellevue Hospital from the East River. This could be either the A & B or the L & M building.

A horse-drawn ambulance stands at the bottom of the steps of the Bellevue Hospital Administration building.

Exterior view of Bellevue Hospital Administration Building and the grounds. Some men on foot and a horse-drawn carriage or ambulance are near the steps of the Administration Building. 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.