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Title: City Hospital at Elmhurst
Description: Black-and-white postcard with a slightly elevated view of City Hospital in Queens and its surrounding lawns and grounds. Cars are parked along the tree-lined street. A parking lot is visible in the center background, as well as neighboring apartment buildings. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, Elmhurst Hospital Center (Elmhurst, New York, N.Y.), Automobiles, Lawns, Sidewalks, Paths, Trees, Parking lots, Apartment houses, Dwellings
ID: nycq_002
Geographic Subject: Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Jamaica Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with image of Jamaica Hospital's wooden building from across a Queens street. There is snow on the ground and a woman stands in front of the building; a horse and carriage are partially visible on the left-hand side. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Carrie to Mrs. Ada F. Smith of Freeport, Long Island, telling her she has arrived at home.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, Jamaica Hospital (Jamaica, New York, N.Y.), Porches, Snow, People, Pedestrians, Trees
ID: nycq_021
Geographic Subject: Queens (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: River Crest, A Sanitarium for Mental and Nervous Disease
Description: Color postcard with view of several buildings at River Crest Sanitarium in Queens from a driveway. An outdoor pavilion, water tower, trees, a fence, plus three large buildings can all be seen. Full offerings of the sanitarium and the names and titles of the president and physician in charge are in an inset box at top surrounded by scrollwork. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten address on back to Dr. H. B. West of South Norwalk, Conn.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, River Crest Sanitarium (Staten Island, N.Y.), Sanatoriums, Rehabilitation centers, Substance abuse treatment facilities, Mental health facilities, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Trees, Water towers, Driveways, Pavilions, Kindred, J. Joseph, Dold, William Elliott
ID: nycq_038
Geographic Subject: Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Queens Borough Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with image showing the front of Queensboro Hospital and its lawn. | Card postmarked but not stamped. | Handwritten notation on back: "Pet's card from World War I."
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, Queensboro Hospital (Jamaica, New York, N.Y.), Queens General Hospital (Jamaica, New York, N.Y.), Queens Hospital Center (Jamaica, New York, N.Y.), World War, 1914-1918
ID: nycq_035
Geographic Subject: Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Flushing Hospital on Forest Avenue
Description: Black-and-white postcard with image of Flushing Hospital in Queens. Horses and carriages are parked in front, and there are bare trees and lawns in the foreground. Small message space to the right of the image. | Postcard sent with two-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Josie to Mrs. Geddes in Weaks Mill, Me., about her vacation.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, Flushing Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Flushing Hospital and Medical Center (New York, N.Y.), Horses, Trees, Porches, Lawns, Carriages and carts, Horse-drawn vehicles, Housing, Single family, Dwellings
ID: nycq_005
Geographic Subject: Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Title: St. John's Hospital
Description: Black-and-white postcard with view of St. John's Hospital in Long Island City, Queens. The front lawn, lampposts, trees, and shrubbery are seen along the front of the building. Small message space on left-hand side of image on front. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on front from Addy to Miss Daisy Apgar in Frenchtown, N.J., discussing the attractive nurses at the hospital.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, St. John’s Hospital (Long Island City, New York, N.Y.), St. John’s Long Island City Hospital (Long Island City, New York, N.Y.), Sidewalks, Lawns, Trees, Streets, Shrubs, Apartment houses, Dwellings
ID: nycq_051
Geographic Subject: Queens (New York, N.Y.)

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