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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: 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.)

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: Flushing Hospital
Description: Color postcard with image of Flushing Hospital in Queens with red-and-white awnings at windows, a tree in front, and a car. Neighboring houses are also visible. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Mrs. Young to Miss Saddie Holmes of Monticello, N.Y., about the weather and the departure of Holmes's mother.
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.), Awnings, Automobiles, Dwellings, Housing, Single family, Roads, Trees, Porches
ID: nycq_007
Geographic Subject: Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Collection: Robert Matz Hospital Postcards -- Queens

Title: Where the Injured From the Burning of the "General Slocum" Were Taken
Description: Black-and-white postcard showing Lincoln Hospital and Home of New York in the Bronx. The view is from the left side and shows the hospital building with an American flag on top of the roof and a spacious tree-lined approach. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on bottom of front from Myrtle to Miss Emma Nunn of German Valley, N.J.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Bronx County, Hospital buildings, Lincoln Hospital and Home (New York, N.Y.), Colored Home and Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Lincoln Hospital (New York, N.Y.), African Americans -- Hospitals, Trees, Lawns, Driveways, General Slocum (Steamboat), Hospitals
ID: nycbx_040
Geographic Subject: Bronx (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.)

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