Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York

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.

An exterior view of Bellevue Hospital in 1870, seen from a pier on the East River.

A child lying in bed with a doll. Information from Registration Record: Child in bed, endowed by Marie Heye Clemens, 1894

A little girl sitting up in hospital bed. Attached to the head of the bed is a shield and printed on it "Endowed by Marie Heye Clemens, 1894"

Doctors and nurses are seen in a Men's Ward at Bellevue. Some patients are in bed, others sitting in chairs. The time period is circa 1870-1880.

In a children's ward, several doctors are standing around another doctor, who is seated with a child in his lap. There is another child seated on a stool nearby.

A doctor, nurses and several patients are seen in the ward. Some of the patients are in their cribs or beds, others are seated in rockers or at tables.

Photograph of two doctors and a nurse in the Bellevue Hospital Laboratory. One doctor is seated in front of a microscope while the other is standing, selecting a bottle from a wall rack holding dozens of bottles. The nurse stands beside him.