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Title: Fort Jay, Post Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of the four-story Post Hospital building at Fort Jay, Governors Island, and its front lawn with trees and shrubs. A man trims the hedges. Two cars are parked in front. | Postcard sent with three-cent Landing of Cadillac at Detroit stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Alice to Mrs. Otto Gaucslu of Washington, D.C., telling her that her hat has just arrived, and that Betsy was home for the holiday and went to Princeton for the weekend.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Post Hospital (New York, N.Y. : Building), Military hospitals, Fort Jay (N.Y.), Automobiles, Trees, Shrubs, Hedges, Lawns, Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)
ID: nycm_372
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Hahnemann Hospital
Description: Color postcard showing an image of Hahnemann Hospital in Manhattan, with striped awnings over some of the windows and a fenced-in lawn to the right of the hospital with a small ivy-covered cottage on the grounds. Apartment buildings and lawns can be seen around the hospital. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Hahnemann Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Trees, Awnings, Streets, Fire escapes, Apartment houses, Dwellings
ID: nycm_249
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Metropolitan Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard showing a slightly elevated view of Metropolitan Hospital in Manhattan with surrounding streets, parking lots, and parked cars visible. In the far right background, a portion of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (formerly the Triborough Bridge) over the East River can be seen. | Postcard sent with four-cent Abraham Lincoln stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Phyllis to her aunt Miss Eliza C. Gray in Johnstown, N.Y. She says she has only two months left as a student at the hospital, after having been there four years.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Metropolitan Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Metropolitan Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.), Automobiles, Parking lots, Streets, Triborough Bridge (New York, N.Y.), Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (New York, N.Y.), East River (N.Y.)
ID: nycm_279
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: St. Vincent's Hospital--Main Building
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan from across the intersection. There are two cars in front of the building and a group of people standing under an awning. | Handwritten message on back from Steve, Betty, and Shirl to Irene, sending their love. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, St. Vincent’s Hospital (New York, N.Y.), St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, Catholic hospitals, Automobiles, People, Pedestrians
ID: nycm_447
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of New York Post-Graduate School and Medical Hospital in Manhattan with three cars parked in front; neighboring buildings can also be seen. One tower is labeled "Private Room Section." "New York Post-Graduate Medical School & Hospital 20th St. & 2nd Avenue New York" and "Capacity of Hospital Over 400 Beds" are superimposed in the sky. | Vertical caption to right of image continues on back with a set of hospital statistics. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, New York University -- Postgraduate Medical School, Schools, Medical colleges, Row houses, Automobiles, Dwellings
ID: nycm_359
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Saint Albans Naval Hospital [from back]
Description: Color postcard with view of Saint Albans Naval Hospital in Queens. The image shows a parking lot with cars, flowering trees, shrubs, and a lawn in the foreground, and an American flag on a flagpole in the background in front of the entrance. Printed on divider on verso: "Photo by Izzy Siev." | Caption at top left of back describes the hospital. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Queens County, Military hospitals, Saint Albans U.S. Navy Hospital, Veterans Administration Medical Center (Saint Albans, New York, N.Y.), Lawns, Trees, Driveways, Parking lots, Flags -- United States, Siev, Izzy
ID: nycq_041
Geographic Subject: Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Collection: Robert Matz Hospital Postcards -- Queens

Title: General Memorial Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of the four-story General Memorial Hospital in Manhattan from an opposite street corner, with view of trees, the street, and surrounding buildings. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Grace to Mrs. C. C. Page of Barre, Vt. She writes that she is getting used to the hospital though she is kept busy.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, General Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York Cancer Hospital, Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases, Cancer -- Treatment, Trees, Streets
ID: nycm_241
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (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: Marine Roof--For Convalescent Patients
Description: Black-and-white postcard with image of a ship-themed roof deck at the New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital in Manhattan. Two people are dressed as sailors; there is a sign saying "S.S. Polyclinic." Three ship funnels, a lifeboat, a helm wheel, and deck chairs are seen. In the far-right background a building with three smokestacks is visible.| Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital, Hospitals, Convalescent, Roofs, Chairs, Sailors, Chimneys, Stacks (Naval architecture)
ID: nycm_352
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center [from back]
Description: Color postcard showing an aerial view of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan, the George Washington Bridge, the Hudson River, and part of Riverside Park. | Caption on the top left of the back lists the individual buildings. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.), George Washington Bridge (New York, N.Y.), Riverside Park (New York, N.Y.), Rivers, Bridges
ID: nycm_062
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: U.S.A. Debarkation Hospital No. 5
Description: Black and white postcard with view of Debarkation Hospital No. 5 in Manhattan. A car is seen on in the lower left corner; there are pedestrians on the corner in front of the hospital. | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Pat to Miss Loretta Nickish in Sheboygan, Wisc., saying that he is enoying good health.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Debarkation Hospital No. 5 (New York, N.Y.), Military hospitals, Streets, Automobiles, World War, 1914-1918, United States -- Army
ID: nycm_218
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: The Hospital for Special Surgery
Description: Color postcard with street-level view of the entrance to the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan with people entering. The building's balconies are partially visible, as is shrubbery along the front of the hospital. | Caption at top left of back describes the hospital and its mission. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Hospital for Special Surgery, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Greater New York, Driveways, Balconies, People, Pedestrians, Shrubs
ID: nycm_457
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: St. Luke's Hospital [from back]
Description: Black-and-white postcard with an elevated view of St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan. The hospital building, including its domed roof, can be seen from across an expanse of lawn in Morningside Park. Parked cars and surrounding buildings can also 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, St. Luke's Hospital (New York, N.Y.), St. Luke's Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.), Nurses, Trees, Lawns, Parks, Domes, Morningside Park (New York, N.Y.), Industrial housing
ID: nycm_398
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: New Harlem Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with corner view of Harlem Hospital's six-story building in Manhattan with fenced-in grounds. A fire escape is visible, as well as balconies, some with chairs and lounges. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Ethel to Miss Leonora Johnson of Jersey City, N.J., regarding the building and asking if she remembers it.
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.), Fire escapes, Furniture, Hospitals -- Furniture, equipment, etc., Balconies, Fences, Streets, Lawns
ID: nycm_260
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: U.S. Immigration Station, Aeroplane View
Description: Color postcard with aerial view of the U.S. Immigration Station on Ellis Island in New York Harbor; the grounds around the building are visible, as are boats and piers in the left background. | Printed at bottom right of front: "© 1925 D. T. Macgowan, Maplewood, N.J. 2." | Caption at top left of back describes the view. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.), Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.), Ellis Island Hospital, United States -- Public Health Service, New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.), Macgowan, D. T., Immigrants, Emigration and immigration
ID: nycm_487
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Columbia University 1907
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, Vanderbilt Clinic, Sloane Maternity Hospital, Main Building, and Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. A streetcar and pedestrians are visible at an intersection. The buildings are labeled at the bottom of the image in white lettering. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Vanderbilt Clinic (New York, N.Y.), Columbia University -- College of Physicians and Surgeons, Sloane Hospital for Women (New York, N.Y.), Roosevelt Hospital (New York, N.Y.), People, Pedestrians, Streets, Cable cars (Streetcars)
ID: nycm_059
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: New York Hospital and Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research [from back]
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of Manhattan's New York Hospital medical complex and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research from Long Island City, Queens. In the foreground is a log barge in the East River; neighborhood buildings are also visible around the two institutions. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, New York Hospital, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, East River (N.Y.), Barges, Lumber
ID: nycm_301
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (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: Memorial Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with a slightly elevated view of Memorial Hospital and the surrounding Manhattan neighborhood. Parked cars are visible on the streets, as well as a view of a large water tower and the skyline. The Chrysler Building can be seen in the distance to the left. | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from S. J. S. to Miss Shirly Palmer in Ithaca, N.Y., about her stay in the hospital.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Memorial Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cancer -- Hospitals, Automobiles, Trees, Apartment houses, Dwellings, Chrysler Building (New York, N.Y.)
ID: nycm_272
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

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