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Title: Shelter Roof of the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of the interior roof solarium at New York Nursery and Child's Hospital in Manhattan. Children sit on stools in front of cribs and three nurses are seen in the background. | Inset image on top back of a child with the caption: "A 'Boarding Out' Baby." | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from A. H. M. to M. A. Newberry in Ann Arbor, Mich., asking how school is going and mentioning a heavy snowstorm.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Nursery and Child’s Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Children -- Hospitals, Hospital wards, Children, Roofs, Sunspaces, Beds, Nurses, Women nurses, Cribs (Children's furniture), Stools
ID: nycm_345
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Ambulance Quarters and Power House, New Harlem Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of Harlem Hospital's ambulance quarters and power house in Manhattan. A metal fence encloses a yard in front of the buildings; a large industrial chimney is seen on top of the power house. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from C. M. F. to her sister Mrs. Wm. H. Fleming of Glen Moore, Pa., about how lively the city is today for the election. She also writes about her training at Harlem Hospital and Bellevue Hospital.
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.), Power-plants, Fences, Lawns, Chimneys, Ambulances, Elections -- New York (State) -- 20th century
ID: nycm_250
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: Sixth Ave. Front, U.S.A. Debarkation Hospital No. 3
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of Debarkation Hospital No. 3 in Manhattan. The Sixth Avenue elevated tracks are visible to the right of the building. | Printed vertically on right-hand side of postcard (partially cut off): "Rotunda, U.S.A. Debarkation Hospital No. 3, New York City." | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Debarkation Hospital No. 3 (New York, N.Y.), Military hospitals, World War, 1914-1918, United States -- Army, Avenue of the Americas (New York, N.Y.), Sixth Avenue (New York, N.Y.), Sixth Avenue El (New York, N.Y.), Railroads, Elevated
ID: nycm_184
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: City Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of City Hospital on Blackwell's Island (now Roosevelt Island). Brick and stone buildings and a grassy lawn are visible; a white flag with a cross is raised on top of the main entrance. Two men sit in front of a stone building on the right-hand side. | Postcard sent with two-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Bee to Mrs. M. L. Casselbury about Grandma French's death and the upcoming funeral and burial.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, City Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Charity Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Prison hospitals, Public hospitals, Lawns, Flags, Men, People, Crosses, Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.), Blackwell's Island (New York, N.Y.)
ID: nycm_054
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Harlem Hospital
Description: Color postcard with elevated corner view of Harlem Hospital's brick building in Manhattan with fenced-in grounds in front; trees line the sidewalk in front, and lampposts edge the sidewalk on the side. Groups of people are visible near the right corner of the building. Neighboring apartment buildings are also visible down the side streets. | 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, Lawns, Sidewalks, People, Pedestrians, Lampposts, Apartment houses, Automobiles, Dwellings
ID: nycm_256
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Presbyterian Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of Presbyterian Hospital's brick building and the cobblestoned Manhattan street in front. Surrounding buildings are visible, including a church (probably St. James's Church), as are horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians. A fenced-in area with shrubbery is visible. | Printed at bottom of front: "No. 5102 Published by The American News Company, New York, Leipzig, and Dresden." | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Presbyterian Hospital (New York, N.Y.), New York Presbyterian Hospital, Horses, Carriages and carts, Horse-drawn vehicles, Fences, People, Pedestrians, Streets, Church buildings, Cobblestone roads, Shrubs
ID: nycm_381
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Bedside service of the American Library Association in the U.S. Debarkation Hospital No. 5
Description: Black-and-white postcard showing an interior view of Debarkation Hospital No. 5 in Manhattan. A librarian with a cart of books is seen next to a patient's bed. A patient in a wheelchair is in the foreground; other patients and a long row of beds are seen in the middle and background of the image. | Caption on right-hand side of front: "With her book truck the librarian brings to the man's bed the book he wants. The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals." An open request to mail magazines to hospitals is below. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Debarkation Hospital No. 5 (New York, N.Y.), Military hospitals, Soldiers, Beds, Wheelchairs, Books, American Library Association, Librarians, Hospital libraries, War casualties, Reading, World War, 1914-1918, United States -- Army
ID: nycm_198
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Gouverneur Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of Gouverneur Hospital's four-story building in Manhattan with its striped awnings over the windows; people and cars are seen in the foreground, part of the street is visible. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Gouverneur Hospital, Automobiles, People, Pedestrians, Awnings, Streets
ID: nycm_247
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (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.)

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: Woman's Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of Woman's Hospital in Manhattan showing its entrance, fenced-in grounds, and trees along the street. | Caption at top left of back describes the hospital and its capacity. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Woman's Hospital, Women's hospitals, Maternal health services, Trees, Hospitals
ID: nycm_480
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: St. Vincent's Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan from the opposite street corner. The intersection is seen, as well as pedestrians and a trolley; surrounding buildings are also visible. | Printed on front at bottom left: "Photo by M. Gorodess." | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Hospital buildings, Catholic hospitals, St. Vincent’s Hospital (New York, N.Y.), St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York, People, Pedestrians, Cable cars (Streetcars), Lampposts, Fences, Gorodess, M., Hospitals
ID: nycm_446
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Doctors Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of Doctors Hospital in Manhattan from across a wide lawn edged by trees. People sitting on benches are visible at the edge of the lawn. Printed on divider on back: Photograph by Hugh M. Miller Jr. | Postcard sent with three-cent Thomas Jefferson stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Rheba to Mrs. Eduardo Hurtado in Metuchen, N.J., letting her know that Mildred is not well.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Hospital buildings, Doctors Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Beth Israel Medical Center (New York, N.Y.), Trees, Grass, Lawns, Benches, People, Carl Schurz Park (New York, N.Y.), Miller, Hugh M., Jr., Hospitals
ID: nycm_222
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

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