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Title: Dr. Campbell's Hospital
Description: Color postcard showing Dr. Campbell's Hospital (later Trinity Hospital) in Brooklyn. The hospital is a white wooden building with an American flag atop a cupola; two men walk down the sidewalk in front. The building is encircled by a metal fence and a few trees are seen on the sidewalk. | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Hattie to Mrs. J. C. Armstrong of Paulding, Ohio. Hattie writes that the paralysis is not so bad and that there have been 33 deaths on their street. [Considering the date of the postcard, she is presumably referring to the polio epidemic of 1916.]
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, Dr. Campbell's Hospital, Trinity Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Poliomyelitis -- New York (State) -- New York, Men, Pedestrians, People, Housing, Single family, Dwellings, Trees, Flags -- United States, Campbell, William Francis, 1865-1926
ID: nycbk_041
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: German Hospital
Description: Color postcard showing a view of German Hospital in Brooklyn, a five-story brick building with a set of entrance stairs under a stone archway, as seen from a vacant lot across the street. Children play stickball in the right foreground; trees edge the front sidewalk and the building's right side. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Barbara to her cousin Miss Anna Wintish in Ellenville, N.Y., saying that she will write on Sunday.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, German Hospital and Dispensary in the City of New York, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Stone buildings, Vacant lands, Children, Trees, Streets, Sidewalks, Stairs
ID: nycbk_046
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Description: Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills featuring an image of the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River with many boats sailing below it. One can see the shores of both Brooklyn and Manhattan. The back lists the benefits of the Vegetable Compound and the Liver Pills.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthenia, Backache, Depression, Mental, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Boats And Boating, Bridges, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.), East River (N.Y.), New York (N.Y.), Rivers, Sailboats, Sailing Ships, Waterfronts
ID: WH183
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Methodist Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn and its brick hospital buildings covered with ivy, its surrounding paths and lawns, the trees and street in front of the entrance. Neighboring buildings can be seen in the left background and on the right-hand side. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Kings County, Methodist Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Methodist Episcopal Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Trees, Streets, Lawns, Ivy, Roofs
ID: nycbk_112
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: New Building of Lutheran Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of Lutheran Hospital in Brooklyn. Four columns flank the main entrance steps. Two cars are parked in front. A water tower is visible behind the hospital, and there is a large smokestack on the left-hand side. Caption at top left of back describes hospital.| Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Kings County, Lutheran Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Automobiles, Pedestrians, People; Outbuildings, Streets, Columns, Industrial chimneys
ID: nycbk_095
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Seney Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of Seney Hospital (formally known as Methodist Hospital), a brick hospital building on a tree-lined street in Brooklyn. A horse and carriage can be seen in front, as well as a view of neighboring buildings on either side. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Kings County, Methodist Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Methodist Episcopal Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Lawns, Trees, Fences, Streets
ID: nycbk_133
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Description: Color postcard with image of aerial view of Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn with other neighborhood buildings and tree-lined streets visible. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Kings County, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Streets, Automobiles, Trees
ID: nycbk_007
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: The Swedish Hospital in Brooklyn
Description: Color postcard with view of the Swedish Hospital in Brooklyn from the opposite corner. Awnings hang over most windows of the six-story building; trees flank the building and a low stone wall surrounds it. To the right, the 23rd Regiment Armory is visible with a raised American flag on top. | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Tom to his grandmother, Mrs. H. H. Van Dyke in Pleasant Valley, N.Y., saying he's resting at the hospital and will be out in a few days.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, Swedish Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), 23rd Regiment Armory (New York, N.Y.), Armories, Trees, Flags -- United States, Awnings, Clouds
ID: nycbk_165
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: U.S. Naval Convalescent Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with a view of the U.S. Naval Convalescent Hospital in Brooklyn from the beach, showing the boardwalk in front. | Handwritten message on back from Machinist's Mate 1st Class Robert Montgomery to his father, Mr. R. C. Montgomery of Sodus, N.Y., saying he's going to Pier 92 on Wednesday and asking how everything is in Sodus.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, United States -- Naval Convalescent Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), World War, 1939-1945, United States -- Navy, Military hospitals, Beaches, Sailors, Boardwalks
ID: nycbk_170
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Veterans Administration Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of Veterans Administration Hospital in Brooklyn from the parking area; trees line the sidewalk in front of the entrance; flowers are seen in front of hospital, as is a raised American flag on a flagpole. | Printed on left-hand side of back: "Photo by S. Stanley Shook." | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Kings County, Veterans Administration Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Veterans' hospitals, Trees, Flowers, Lawns, Clouds, Flags -- United States, Shook, S. Stanley
ID: nycbk_177
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Wallabout Market and United States Marine Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with an elevated view of Wallabout Market and United States Marine Hospital in Brooklyn. A few people can be seen walking around the market. | Printed on back: Brooklyn Eagle Post Card Series 16, No. 92. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Old United States Naval Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Kings County, Wallabout Market (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Markets, People, Pedestrians, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Newspapers, Hospitals, United States -- Marine Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Hospital buildings
ID: nycbk_180
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

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