Female patients and children resting in their beds in the Bellevue Hospital Marquand Pavilion, circa 1890. Nurses and two men who may be doctors are present. A caption beneath the image reads, “Marquand Pavilion for Women and Children, Bellevue Hospital.”

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

Men, women and children waiting to be seen in a clinic at Bellevue Hospital, staffed by doctors and nurses.

A doctor, nurses, and several patients on the Children’s Surgical Ward of Bellevue Hospital. Some of the patients are in their cribs or beds, while others are seated in rockers or at tables.

Male patients resting in their beds in the Bellevue Hospital Sturgis Pavilion. Nurses and two men who may be doctors are present. A caption beneath the image reads, “Sturgis Pavilion was built in 1879. It was the gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Osborn.”

Posed photograph showing a blood transfusion at Bellevue Hospital, circa 1870s. The image is captioned “Old Time Blood Transfusion.” A large group of doctors and nurses are attending to a patient lying in bed receiving the transfusion from another man, seated upright in a chair.

Group portrait of Bellevue Hospital House Staff, Fourth Surgical Division, 1893. The doctors and nurses are photographed with patients in one of the Bellevue Hospital children’s wards. Caption reads: “G. N. Newbury, M. M. Little, A. V. O’Neill, 1893 – 4th Surgical Division.”

Three doctors and three nurses attending to a patient on an operating table, while a man appears to be administering ether to the patient holding a mask over his nose and mouth.