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Two Stories of Historic Vaccines: The End of Polio and …

WebBellevue Hospital 1916, a bus with children and polio patients — Department of Public Charities Collection, NYC Municipal Archives. A map marking the places most …

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The First Ambulance: The Humans (and Horses) That …

WebEPISODE 329 Did you know that the first modern urban ambulance — the ‘mobile hospital’ — was invented in New York City?. On June 4, 1869, America’s first …

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A History of Getting Well: Podcasts on Typhoid Mary, …

WebBellevue Hospital from the waterfront 1879. New York Public Library. The startling history of Bellevue Hospital. Bellevue Hospital, you might have heard, once had …

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The startling history of New York’s Bellevue Hospital

WebThe first incarnation of the ‘almshouse hospital’ was in 1852. By this time, the city had expanded up to this area of Bellevue, and the hospital both farmed out …

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Henry Street Settlement and the Legacy of Lillian Wald

WebThe modern Henry Street Settlement is spread throughout several buildings in the neighborhood, providing health care, shelter, job training and a host of services to …

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The Curious Case of Typhoid Mary: The Race to Quell an …

WebAmerican Red Cross 1919, courtesy Library of Congress. The tale of Typhoid Mary is a harrowing detective story and a chilling tale of disease outbreak at the …

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Why David Hosack, doctor of Alexander Hamilton, built …

WebAmerican Eden David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic Victoria Johnson Liveright. If you know Hosack at all, it’s because of his …

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The startling history of Bellevue Hospital, beyond the …

WebThe hospital traces its origins to a six-bed almshouse that once sat near the location of New York City Hall today. Despite its humble and (to the modern eye) …

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The Arches of Madison Square Park

WebMemorial arches have been a dramatic way to honor military victories, dating back to the Roman times. Naturally, in a city with abundant Beaux-Arts classical-style …

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Crossing to Brooklyn: How the Williamsburg Bridge …

WebPODCAST The story of the Williamsburg Bridge — poorly received when it was built but vital to the health of New York City Sure, the Brooklyn Bridge gets all the …

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It’s time to shape up New Yorkers! Retro fitness madness

WebI was perusing the New York State video archives and came across the following 1985 video from the New York State Health Department, a “public service …

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America's first free animal hospital, at 350 Lafayette Street, with a

WebThe first official patient of the Free Hospital and Dispensary for Animals at 350 Lafayette Street, under the care of veterinarian Bruce Blair.The American Society for …

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The Plant Doctor: The Extraordinary Life Story of George …

WebCarver with his fellow professors at Tuskegee University in 1902. Frances Benjamin Johnston/Library of Congress. Several months before he died, Carver visited …

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Knickerbocker Hospital: An inspiration for Cinemax’s The Knick

WebPhotographed dated 1886, the institution was called Manhattan Hospital then, changing its name to J. Hood Wright Memorial Hospital, then to Knickerbocker Hospital …

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Know Your Mayors: David Dinkins

WebOur modest little series about some of the greatest, notorious, most important, even most useless, mayors of New York City. Other entrants in our mayoral …

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Talking Trash: A History of New York City Sanitation

WebNew York Public Library. 1896 street cleaner and member of Waring’s ‘white wings’, photograph by Alice Austen. Colonel George E. Waring Jr., who changed the …

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Where are New York City’s oldest living trees

WebThe top two candidates for New York’s oldest tree have been the fascination of tree lovers since their discovery. Below: The London plane tree near the Reservoir, …

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Nellie Bly: Undercover in New York’s Notorious Asylum for the …

WebNellie Bly, the bold journalist with extraordinary will and panache, tackled a number of strange assignments in her life, starting with her virtuoso performance getting …

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Billie Holiday's New York: Here's to Swing Street, Harlem's 133rd

WebCourtesy Columbia Records. PODCAST Grab your fedora and take a trip with the Bowery Boys into the heart of New York City’s jazz scene — late nights, smoky …

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UNUSUAL NYC MUSEUMS #2: History and waffles

WebIn one of my entries below regarding the Mudd Club, a reader asked why I referred to Cortlandt Alley as ‘mysterious’. The tiny little alley — one of New York’s last …

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Things To Come: 1908!

WebThe New York City skyline, picture taken in 1908 (click to see detail) Welcome to the future of New York City — the amazing year of 1908! A look into the crystal ball …

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