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Photographic reproduction of a signed portrait of Lewis Albert Sayre, MD (1820-1900). Dr. Sayre served as Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1897 and as Emeritus Professor from 1897 to 1898.

Photographic portrait of Alexander Brown Mott, MD (1826-1889), in military uniform. Dr. Mott taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1889, first as Professor of Anatomy (1861-1871) and then as Professor of Surgery (1871-1889).

Carte de visite portrait of Frank Hastings Hamilton, MD (1813-1886), leaning against a chair. Dr. Hamilton taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Military Surgery, Fractures and Dislocations from 1861 to 1875, and as Professor of Principles of Surgery from 1866 to 1875.

Carte de visite portrait of George Thomson Elliot, MD (1827-1871). Dr. Elliot received his MD from University Medical College in 1849. He taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children from 1861 to 1869 and Professor of Obstetrics, Diseases of Women and Children and Clinical Midwifery from 1869 to 1871.

Signed photogravure portrait of Benjamin Fordyce Barker, MD (1818-1891). Dr. Barker taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1890 as Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1861-1869), Professor of Clinical Midwifery (1869-1870), and Professor of Clinical Midwifery and Diseases of Women (1870-1890).

Exterior view of the first building of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, circa 1880.

Sketch of the New York University School of Medicine building at East 26th Street in Manhattan by Dr. Clarence de la Chappelle. Originally built for the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, NYU acquired the property in 1898 when the two schools merged. Dr. De la Chapelle received his M.D. from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1922. He joined the faculty of the medical school in 1925, where he remained for the duration of his career as a leading cardiologist.

Photograph of the NYU Medical School building from across the street, most likely taken in the 1930s or 1940s. Originally built for the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, NYU acquired the property in 1898 when the two schools merged. In the bottom right of the photograph is a large building with columns. This was NYU’s 28th Street building, acquired from Cornell's Medical College in 1931.

Signed engraving of a portrait of John Revere, MD (1787-1847). The caption reads “Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physics in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.” Dr. Revere taught at University Medical College from 1841 to 1847 as Professor of Theory & Practice of Medicine.

Illustration of Granville Sharp Pattison, MD (1791-1851). Dr. Pattison taught at University Medical College as Professor of Anatomy from 1841 to 1851.