EMS History
Ambulance Surgeons removing a patient
to the Gouvernor Hospital, 1885.
The scene depicted is of the original building facility in lower Manhattan.
(Photo from the Byron Collection, Museum of the City of New York)
Surgeon "mounting up" on a horse-drawn ambulance leaving
the yard of Bellevue Hospital, 1896. Bellevue Hospital was the
1st City Hospital in the country to dispatch ambulance services.
(Photo from the Byron Collection, Museum of the City of New York)
Three horse-drawn ambulances stand outside
Gouverneur Hospital, circa 1900.
Staten Island horse-drawn ambulance belonging to the
Department of Public Charities, New York City Farm Colony, circa 1900.
(Photo from the Municipal Archives, City of New York)
Horse-drawn ambulance outside of Coney Island Hospital, circa 1908.
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1980 Coffin Demonstration