May 30/31, 2020 – The photographs of Suzanne Vlamis of this island in the 1960’s

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THIS IS THE 66TH ISSUE OF
FROM THE ARCHIVES

MAY 30-31, 2020  WEEKEND EDITION

Welfare Island: The Spirit of Place Past
The Photography of
Suzanne Vlamis
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Many of these photos were originally displayed in the Octagon Gallery in 2009  

Views of the Smallpox Hospital and Queensboro Bridge

Plaque from City (formerly Island Hospital, then Charity Hospital) commemorating the first building was destroyed by fire 1858 (?)  and rebuilt by the Governors of the Almshouse 1859.

Plaque that was in the City Hospital “DIED IN THE DISCHARGE OF DUTY.” The plaque was removed from the building and eventually returned to the RiHS Archives.

Pieces of plaque that were returned.

Signs stenciled on walls of City Hospital

Always signs left on walls.

Abandoned

Abandoned Strecker Memorial Laboratory

Abandoned Pathology Laboratory

Specimens

Reference Books

Luncheonette next to Elevator Storehouse Building where staff would get their morning coffee

Abandoned buses and ambulances outside the Laundry, Firehouse and Garage Building.

Abandoned  German Lutheran Hospital

Dredging the River to bury the subway tunnel tubes

The helix  under construction

Near Sacred Heart Chapel

Octagon interior dome

The staircase leading to the cupola.

Leading to the patient floors

New York University Medical Center
Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
PRIMATE COLONY

Lighthouse before the Park

MYSTERY PHOTO OF THE DAY

Can you identify this building and location?
Send you response to jbird134@aol.com
Winner gets a trinket from kiosk.

YESTERDAY’S IMAGE

This image is the escalator entrance to the 63rd Street and Third Avenue
Lexington Street Station.

Funding Provided by:
Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Public Purpose Funds
Council Member Ben Kallos City Council Discretionary Funds thru DYCD
Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff
ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT RIHS. 2020 (C)
ALL PHOTOS IN THIS ISSUE (C) SUZANNE VLAMIS 2009