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1st Ave & 26th St. E, Manhattan

23 historical photos taken here between 1901 and 1957, oldest first.

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  • First Avenue - 27th Street, 1901

    First Avenue - 27th Street

    1901

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital [operated by the city for the poor sick and those picked up in the streets.], 1925

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital [operated by the city for the poor sick and those picked up in the streets.]

    1925

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old administration building.], 1928

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old administration building.]

    1928

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old administration building.], 1928

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old administration building.]

    1928

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old wards and Chapel.], 1928

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old wards and Chapel.]

    1928

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 26th St. E., 1928

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 26th St. E.

    1928

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old administration building.], 1928

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old administration building.]

    1928

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old wards and Chapel.], 1928

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old wards and Chapel.]

    1928

  • Manhattan: 26th Street - 1st Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 26th Street - 1st Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 27th St. E., 1933

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 27th St. E.

    1933

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 26th St. E., 1936

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 26th St. E.

    1936

  • Manhattan: 26th Street (East) - 1st Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 26th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 26th St. E., 1938

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 26th St. E.

    1938

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 26th St. E., 1938

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 26th St. E.

    1938

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old buildings under demolition.], 1938

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old buildings under demolition.]

    1938

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 26th St. E., 1938

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 26th St. E.

    1938

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old buildings under demolition.], 1938

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old buildings under demolition.]

    1938

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old buildings under demolition.], 1938

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old buildings under demolition.]

    1938

  • Manhattan: 26th Street (East) - 1st Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 26th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

    1938

  • Manhattan: 26th Street (East) - 1st Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 26th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

    1939

  • East 26th Street - First Avenue, 1957-03-06

    East 26th Street - First Avenue

    1957-03-06

  • First Avenue - East 27th Street

    First Avenue - East 27th Street

    Unknown

  • First Avenue - East 27th Street

    First Avenue - East 27th Street

    Unknown

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Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old buildings under demolition.], 1938

Photo 18 of 23 at 1st Ave & 26th St. E, Manhattan

Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old buildings under demolition.]

1938

Bellevue Hospital: A set of three views showing the old buildings under demolition. These are on the east side of First Ave; the photographer standing on the opposite side at East 27th Street. From right to left, they are the Administration Building (former House of Refuge); the nurses and doctors (residential) wing, which was formerly a prison and the Chapel. Encircling same are modern hospital structures which in the same order are: the Out Patient Building, the new Administration Building and Tubercular Ward, several ward buildings and finally the Medical Examiners and Hospital Office Building; the latter containing the Morgue. May 8, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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