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.”

Group portrait of Bellevue Hospital’s House Staff, Fourth Medical Division, 1910, posed in an operating room in their surgical gowns. Caption reads: “Fourth Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1910. John F. McGrath, Thomas McCrae, Robert Wylie (gynecologist), Cyrus F. Wade, Lawrence H. Rogers.” The nurses pictured are not named in the caption.

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.

The Bellevue Violet is the academic yearbook of the New York University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College.

The Bellevue Violet is the academic yearbook of the New York University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College.

The Bellevue Violet is the academic yearbook of the New York University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College.