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Title: Bird's-eye View, Sailors' Snug Harbor
Description: Color postcard with aerial view of Sailors' Snug Harbor on Staten Island. New York Harbor can be seen with several boats in the water, as well as a view of lawns, trees, a train, and a road with several vehicles on the Snug Harbor grounds. Caption at top of front corresponds to numbered locations on the image. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Richmond County, Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution), New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.), Boats and boating, Steamboats, Sailboats, Ferries, Trees, Roads, Sailors, Railroad trains, Automobiles, Cable cars (Streetcars)
ID: nycsi_017
Geographic Subject: Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)

Title: La Gardeuse d'Oies
Description: Trade card featuring druggists John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring five figures lounging on the shore of what looks like a river. Two boys with staffs are interacting with some geese. The others are in various stages of play or relaxation. There is a boat on the river and a large house on the far shore in the background. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Animals, Boats And Boating, Children, Children's Clothing, Church Buildings, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Geese, Grasslands, Hats, Hats, Nature, Scarves, Staffs (Sticks, Canes, Etc.), Trails, Trees, Water, Wooden Fences
ID: WH214
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: La Marée Montante, Au Secours!!
Description: Trade card featuring druggists John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring four figures playing on a shore. There are two boys and two girls. The boys seem to be helping the girls get to and from a large boulder without getting their clothes wet. There are sailboats in the background. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Boats And Boating, Bows, Boys, Children, Children's Clothing, Girls, Marine Algae, Nature, Ocean, Ribbons, Rocks, Sailboats, Water
ID: WH211
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: New Bellevue Hospital
Description: Color postcard with aerial view of the Bellevue Hospital complex in Manhattan. There is a view of the East River with two boats in the water; three tree-edged lawns face the river; trees line the paths around the red brick buildings. | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Dr. Joseph Brimbery to Dr. W. Z. Roberts in Buffalo, N.Y., saying he is working at the Vanderbilt Clinic and was previously in the army for two years.
Subjects (LC): Military hospitals, Vanderbilt Clinic (New York, N.Y.), Rivers, Boats and boating, Ships, World War, 1914-1918, Dermatology, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Bellevue Hospital, East River (N.Y.)
ID: nycm_031
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: New York Bay, St. John's Guild, Sea Side Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of the St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital on Staten Island. The hospital's porch runs the length of the first floor and an American flag flies on the roof. Children play in the water under the supervision of a person in a boat. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Richmond County, St. John’s Guild (New York, N.Y.), Seaside Hospital, Children -- Hospitals, Swimming, Porches, Boats and boating, Beaches, Trees, Flags -- United States
ID: nycsi_024
Geographic Subject: Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)

Title: No. 6--U.S. Quarantine Headquarters
Description: Black-and-white postcard with an image of Marine Hospital on Staten Island on left-hand side; a group gathers on the porch. Piles of lumber and logs and barrels are seen to the side of the building. Trees, grounds, a house, a flagpole, and a rowboat are visible as well. | Message space on right side of front with handwritten message from Emil W. Weber to Miss Edna Merrihew of Olive Bridge, N.Y., discussing presents that were awaiting him at home. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten address on back.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Richmond County, United States -- Marine Hospital (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.), Quarantine, Public hospitals, Lumber, Trees, Dwellings, Housing, Single family, Stone walls, Flagpoles, Porches, Boats and boating
ID: nycsi_011
Geographic Subject: Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Rogers & Lyon, Dispensing Chemists [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising chemists Rogers & Lyon featuring an image of two sailboats in a choppy sea. This image is on top of an ethereal scene of flowers and reeds. The back boasts of Rogers & Lyons's large seasonsal stock of drugs.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Boats And Boating, Cliffs, Flowers, Grasses, Nature, Sailboats, Water, Water Waves
ID: WH215
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

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