Bellevue Hospital

Labeled "Bellevue Hospital No. 1", this collage of illustrations (one of a pair) shows various scenes related to the hospital, including a chapel, a ward, the exterior of the building, the admissions desk and the Board Room. The sheet 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.

Labeled "Bellevue Hospital No. 2", this collage of illustrations (one of a pair) shows various scenes related to the hospital, including an operating theater, the Children's Ward, the Morgue and the garden. The sheet 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.

A view of Bellevue 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 image shows the wharf as it was in 1795, with a hospital boat discharging some sick passengers. The caption reads, "Bellevue Wharf, 1795, where the hospital boat landed the sick." This engraving was inspired by a 1795 watercolor painted by Dr. Alexander Anderson while he was the resident physician at Bellevue. It was drawn on wood and then engraved.

An image of Bellevue Hospital, from the river, ca. 1848.

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

Mounted photograph of Bellevue Hospital Operating Room Lecture, circa 1880's.

An exterior view of Wards 38 & 39, prior to 1931.

A 1931 group portrait of an unidentified group of Bellevue doctors.