A child lying in bed with a doll in the Babies Ward of New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. At the head of the bed, a sign reads “Endowed by Marie Heye Clemens, 1894.”

A little girl sitting up in bed in the Babies Ward of New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. At the head of the bed, a sign reads “Endowed by Marie Heye Clemens, 1894.”

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

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

Interior photograph of an unidentified ward at Bellevue Hospital, circa 1880s. Patients are seen reclining on beds with light coming in through a window.

Doctors and nurses attending female patients in Ward 20 at Bellevue Hospital.