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Exterior view of Bellevue Hospital from the East River. The caption reads: “Bellevue Hospital in 1979.” This photograph was used in Robert J. Carlisle’s 1893 book, An Account of Bellevue Hospital, on page 76.

A line-up of World War I-era Bellevue Hospital ambulances, drivers (beside cars), and interns (in white uniforms) standing in formation behind a military officer. Almost all are wearing Ambulance Attendants caps. A framed portrait of President Woodrow Wilson hangs over the basement doorway in the left background.

Exterior view of the Bellevue Hospital gatehouse, circa 1890. Some men can be seen at the gate and inside the courtyard. The gates were erected in 1885 and stood on the north side of 26th Street, midway between First Avenue and the East River. The entrance was demolished in 1929 to allow for construction of the O.P.D. Building. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, “Summer 1890.”

Exterior view of the Bellevue Hospital gatehouse, taken from across 26th Street, with hospital campus grounds visible behind. A stamp on the back of the photograph reads “K. D. Bryson/ 140 Wadsworth Avenue/ order by this number – BHI.”

View of Bellevue Hospital from the East River, circa 1880.

An illustration of Bellevue Hospital circa 1848, viewed from the East River with a ship and a rowboat on the water in the foreground.

A postcard showing a collage of illustrations of Bellevue Hospital, from a two-postcard set. The card is labeled “Bellevue Hospital No. 2” and shows a variety of scenes from the hospital, including an operating theater, the Children’s Ward, the morgue, and the garden. The postcard is also labeled “Compliments of Lactopeptine.” Lactopeptine was a manufacturer’s name for a digestion-ferment product containing Pepsin and Pancreatin and sold in the 19th century.

Engraving showing a view of Bellevue Hospital as it looked in 1816, seen from the East River. In the bottom left corner of the print is the note: “Copyright 1905, Society of Iconophiles, N.Y.” The Society of Iconophiles printed limited edition engravings of New York City scenes and was active from 1894 to 1939.

Engraving showing the Bellevue Hospital Wharf as it was in 1795. A hospital boat can be seen discharging sick passengers. The caption beneath the image reads, “Bellevue Wharf, 1795, where the hospital boat landed the sick. Drawn on wood by Charles Parsons and engraved by C.B. Dolge.” This engraving was inspired by a 1795 watercolor painted by Dr. Alexander Anderson while he was the resident physician at Bellevue.

Photograph of William Holme Van Buren, MD (1819-1883) set in illustrated frame. Dr. Van Buren taught at University Medical College as Professor of Diseases of Genito-Urinary Organs and Venereal Diseases (1851-1852) and Professor of Anatomy (1852-1866). He then taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Surgery from 1868 to 1883.