Bellevue Hospital

Information below taken from Registration record: This is a view of the rear north side of the Chapel. Notice the ivy growth on walls, building to the left or rear, has a fire escape on the 5th floor.

An exterior view of the hospital, at 1st Avenue and 27th Street. Information below taken from finding aid: July 1948, The old Episcopal Chapel of Bellevue hospital. Facing First Avenue in the area of the present main entrance of the hospital, the building was torn down in 1938 to make way for the new Administration building. Dimensions are image only.

The image shows an early 20th century Bellevue ambulance and its surgeon at the scene of the aftermath of an accident. There are numerous people around the wounded man - children, police, and various passers-by. The ambulance appears to be a gas-powered vehicle, as there is no horse in view.

A view of the hospital from the East River, in 1879. Information below from Registration Record: This photograph used in the Robert J. Carlisle book "An Account of Bellevue Hospital" (76). This is not an original print.

A line-up of World War I-era ambulances, drivers and interns (in white), standing in formation behind a military officer. Information below from Registration Record: Almost all are wearing Ambulance Attendants caps. One man is standing in front of all the others in full military uniform. Over the basement doorway to the left can be seen a portrait, framed, of President Wilson.

Gatehouse of Bellevue Hospital, in 1890. Some men can be seen in the photo, both at the gate and inside the courtyard. Information Below taken from Registration Record: Erected in 1885, the gates stoocd on the north side of 26th street, midway between First Avenue and the East River. The entrance was demolished in 1929 to allow for the constructino of the O.P.D building." Inscription over doorway at left, "Founded 1812. Erected 1885." Across the archway "Bellevue Hospital." Over the doorway at right, "Commissioners Thomas S. Brennan Prest /Henry H. Porter/ Chas E. Simmons/ Joseph M Dunn (?) architect." The hospital can be seen through the archway of the gatehouse, and on the left is a sidewalk going past the main entrance to Bellevue. There are two men standing in the street on the other side of the archway looking toward the camera. There are 4 shuttered windows across the top, only the lower halves are in the photograph. Written on the back of the photograph is "Summer 1890"

The image shows an entrance gate to Bellevue Hospital, some of the buildings and grounds. Information below taken from Registration Record: This shot was taken about 2 to 3 stories high from across the street (26th), the gatehouse is in the left foregound. There is an enclosed partition in front of the left door. Stamped on the back "K. D. Bryson/ 140 Wadsworth Avenue/ order by this number - BHI"

Bellevue Hospital, viewed from the East River circa 1880 (information taken from registration record)

Exterior and landscape of Bellevue Hospital Building. Location of original print is currently unknown.

An illustration of Bellevue Hospital, ca. 1848, viewed from the East River. This image is a page from a book or perhaps an annual announcement, not a photograph.