Historic Images

Interior view of the Bellevue Hospital Children’s Ward, circa 1870-1890.

Two doctors and a nurse at work while being observed by spectators in the Bellevue Hospital Operating Room Amphitheater.

Doctors and nurses performing surgery while observed by seated and standing spectators in the Bellevue Hospital Operating Room Amphitheater, circa 1890s.

Patients in a ward at Bellevue Hospital, circa 1870-1890.

Doctors in the staff dining room of the Bellevue Hospital Administration Building, circa 1890.

Photograph of two doctors and a nurse in the Bellevue Hospital Laboratory. One doctor is seated in front of a microscope while the other is standing, selecting a bottle from a wall rack holding dozens of bottles. The nurse stands beside him.

A group of male patients using the reading room of the Bellevue Hospital Patient Library.

Interior view of a ward at Bellevue Hospital, circa 1870-1890.

Interior view of a ward at Bellevue Hospital, circa 1870-1890.

A group of people are shown outdoors attending the cornerstone ceremonies for the Townsend Pavilion at Bellevue Hospital. The building behind them is the First Avenue and 26th Street building at Bellevue. The Townsend Pavilion was a gift from the philanthropist Adeline Townsend and was built for the treatment of women suffering from tumors. It was dedicated in April 1887.