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Title: St. Mary's Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of St. Mary's Hospital in Brooklyn from across the street. Trees and utility poles edge the front sidewalk. A large fenced-in lawn with trees fronts the building. Handwritten notation at bottom of image on front: "E.E.C. from Mary Van Dyke." | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Mary Van Dyke to Mrs. J. Cockcroft in Northport, Long Island, N.Y., thanking her for the flowers she sent.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, St. Mary’s Hospital (Crown Heights, New York, N.Y.), Trees, Chimneys, Streets, Fences, Street lighting, Electric lines -- Poles and towers, Telephone lines
ID: nycbk_146
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Station Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of Station Hospital's four-story building on Governors Island (officially known as Post Hospital). Shrubs and trees dot the lawn in front of the hospital, and a single car is parked in front. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.), Post Hospital (New York, N.Y. : Building), Automobiles, Military hospitals, Trees, Lawns, Shrubs
ID: nycm_452
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: The Roosevelt Hospital [from back]
Description: Color postcard with view of Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan suspended on a gray background. Trees, pedestrians, parked cars, and the hospital parking garage are all visible. A church can be seen in the background. | Caption at top left of back describes the hospital. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Roosevelt Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Ambulances, Trees, Church buildings, Automobiles, People, Pedestrians
ID: nycm_391
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: The Hospital for Special Surgery and The Philip D. Wilson Research Foundation [from back]
Description: Black-and-white postcard showing the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. A view of trees, the East River, East River Drive, pedestrians, and cars parked alongside the building can be seen. | Caption at top left of back describes the hospital. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Hospital for Special Surgery, Philip D. Wilson Research Foundation, East River Drive (New York, N.Y.), East River (N.Y.), People, Pedestrians, Medicine -- Research, Trees, Clouds
ID: nycm_461
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (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: Lying-In Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with a slightly elevated view of the Lying-In Hospital in Manhattan. A rooftop solarium can be seen; part of Stuyvesant Square Park, with bare trees and snow on the ground, is visible as well. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Geo. McFee to Dr. C. T. Hurley of Boston, Mass., about his obstretrical work in New York.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Society of the Lying-In Hospital of the City of New-York, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Women's hospitals, Trees, Streets, Sunspaces, Obstetricians
ID: nycm_263
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Medical Center
Description: Black-and-white postcard with a view of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan, as well the surrounding apartment buildings, trees, Riverside Drive, and the Henry Hudson Parkway. A building that appears to be a house is visible on lower left. | Caption on the top left of the back describes the institution. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Riverside Drive (New York, N.Y.), Trees, Apartment houses, Dwellings
ID: nycm_109
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Brooklyn Thoracic Hospital
Description: Color postcard showing an image of Brooklyn Thoracic Hospital. A car is parked in front of the entrance; a grassy lawn, trees, and bushes are visible. | Postcard sent with one-cent Industry Agriculture For Defense stamp. | Handwritten message on verso from Ann to PFC Michael Brofets at Tarrant Field, Fort Worth, Tex., mentioning that she spent three months at the hospital and hopes to be out by June.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, Brooklyn Thoracic Hospital, Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn Hospital Center (Fort Greene, New York, N.Y.), Tuberculosis -- Hospitals, Automobiles, Lawns, Driveways, Trees, Shrubs
ID: nycbk_025
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

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: 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: Caledonian Hospital [from back]
Description: Color postcard with view of Caledonian Hospital in Brooklyn from across the street. The front entrance is flanked by four trees. Windows with yellow shades are seen on each of the five stories. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Kings County, Caledonian Hospital, Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn Hospital Center (Fort Greene, New York, N.Y.), Trees, Sidewalks, Streets, Windows
ID: nycbk_028
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: Rockefeller Institute
Description: Color postcard with view of Rockefeller Institute in Manhattan. A series of low red-brick buildings can be seen in the front; across a walkway and tree-lined lawn are larger buildings in the background, two of which are connected by a third-story pedestrian bridge. | Printed at bottom right of front: "Copyright Underwood & Underwood 21332." | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller University, Skywalks, Lawns, Trees, Medicine -- research
ID: nycm_388
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Harlem Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of Harlem Hospital's four-story hospital building from a tree-lined Manhattan street. A fence encircles the building, and there are horse-drawn vehicles in the street in front. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from C. S. C. to Mrs. P. S. Zeliff wishing her well.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Harlem Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.), Horse-drawn vehicles, Trees, Horses, Streets, Wagons, Carriages and carts, Fences
ID: nycm_251
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: New York Medical College and the Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals
Description: Black-and-white postcard with elevated view of the New York Medical College and Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals in Manhattan; the street, surrounding buildings, cars, and trees along the sidewalk are visible. | Postcard sent with one-cent Industry Agriculture for Defense stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Margot to Private Tunis Outclay at Amarillo Air Field in Amarillo, Tex., about her experiences at the hospital and medical college.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Fifth Avenue Hospital, New York Homeopathic Medical College and Flower Hospital, New York Medical College, Trees, Automobiles, Universities and colleges, Apartment houses, Dwellings
ID: nycm_453
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Mount Sinai Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan from inside Central Park and across Fifth Avenue. The red brick hospital has an American flag on its rooftop. The view of the park shows a green lawn, a small rise on the left, trees, and bushes. | Printed at bottom of front on right: "Copyright Irving Underhill 21333." | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Jewish hospitals, Central Park (New York, N.Y.), Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.), Trees, Lawns, Shrubs, Underhill, Irving, -1960
ID: nycm_283
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Harlem Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of Harlem Hospital's brick hospital building from across Lenox Avenue in Manhattan against a stylized cloudy sky. A fence encircles the building and trees line the street in front. A few children stand on the street corner; one wagon is visible at the far left and streetcar tracks are visible. | Handwritten message on back from Nellie Davis regarding the weather and a political parade that has gone by. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Harlem Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.), Trees, Streets, Carriages and carts, Fences, Lampposts, Street-railroad tracks, Malcolm X Boulevard (New York, N.Y.), Lenox Avenue (New York, N.Y.), Parades
ID: nycm_255
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: St. Joseph's Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of St. Joseph's Hospital in Queens and its entrance with a white picket fence and an arched wooden gateway over the sidewalk that says "St. Josephs Hospital." Bare trees and shrubs on the lawn are also visible. | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back to Mr. Hugh Hallas of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., about the sender's boarding next to the hospital.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, St. Joseph's Hospital (Far Rockaway, New York, N.Y.), St. John’s Episcopal Hospital (Far Rockaway, New York, N.Y.), Shrubs, Wooden fences, Statues, Trees
ID: nycq_062
Geographic Subject: Queens (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: German Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of the German Hospital in Manhattan. The hospital name is on a sign on the roof and a large industrial chimney is visible. Two trees are in front of the building and a few parked cars are alongside it. The fenced-in Park Avenue median, filled with bushes, is visible in the foreground. A large apartment building stands to the right of the hospital. | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Alvina Fengler to her husband, Mr. Adolph Fengler of Wallingford, Conn. She writes that she has arrived and is having a nice time.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, German Hospital and Dispensary in the City of New York, German Dispensary (New York, N.Y.), Lenox Hill Hospital, Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.), Trees, Fences, Chimneys, Streets, Automobiles, Apartment houses, Dwellings
ID: nycm_244
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

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