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{"id":12627,"date":"2017-09-20T11:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=12627"},"modified":"2024-12-12T13:18:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:18:41","slug":"lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenox Hill Hospital’s Modernization Captured in Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Ginny A. Roth<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12632\" style=\"width: 818px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lachman-center.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12632\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/lachman-center\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lachman-center.jpg?fit=1200%2C1503&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1503\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Lachman Center\" data-image-description=\"<p>Exterior view of the Charles R. Lachman Community Health Center at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Charles R. Lachman Community Health Center at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, 1966<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lachman-center.jpg?fit=240%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lachman-center.jpg?fit=818%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-12632 size-large\" style=\"border: 3px solid #000000;\" title=\"Charles R. Lachman Community Health Center at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, 1966\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lachman-center.jpg?resize=818%2C1024&ssl=1\" alt=\"A view of the facade of a large institutional buidling from a high vantage point.\" width=\"818\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles R. Lachman Community Health Center at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, ca. 1966. <em>Photograph by Irving Kaufman Studios.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Charles R. Lachman Community Health Center at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwell.edu\/find-care\/locations\/lenox-hill-hospital\">Lenox Hill Hospital<\/a> was officially dedicated on September 20, 1966. During the ceremony a photograph album was presented to Mr. Lachman containing 32 black and white photographs providing a visual tour of Lenox Hill Hospital’s modernization, including the community center’s building progress, and before and after pictures of Lenox Hill Hospital’s many upgraded facilities, equipment, and wards. The album was also significant for showcasing the photographs of an early fine art medical photographer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianoraniccolini.com\/\">Dionora Niccolini,<\/a> who would eventually found the hospital’s medical photography department where the album was created.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12896\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dedication.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12896\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/dedication\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dedication.jpg?fit=1124%2C1072&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1124,1072\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6 Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1505379899","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.25","title":"","orientation":"1","latitude":"38.996116666667","longitude":"-77.099586111111"}\" data-image-title=\"Photo Album Cover Dedication\" data-image-description=\"<p>Gilt-lettered dedication on album cover<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Gilt-lettered dedication on album cover<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dedication.jpg?fit=300%2C286&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dedication.jpg?fit=840%2C801&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-12896 size-medium\" title=\"Dedication\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dedication.jpg?resize=300%2C286&ssl=1\" alt=\"Presented to Charles R. Lachman with deepest appreciation at the dedication of the Charles R. Lachman Community Health Center Lenox Hill Hospital September 20, 1966.\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilt-lettered dedication on album cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today this unique album resides in the National Library of Medicine’s historical prints and photographs collection.<\/p>\n<p>The Lenox Hill Hospital, located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, has a nearly 160 year history of providing healthcare, and serves as a teaching hospital for <a href=\"http:\/\/medicine.hofstra.edu\/\">The Zucker School of Medicine Hofstra\/Northwell<\/a> (known as the “Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine” up until August 2017). The hospital was founded in lower Manhattan as the “German Dispensary” in 1857. Its name was derived from the fact that the majority of patients the hospital served lived in a nearby immigrant neighborhood in the Lower East Side of Manhattan called “<a href=\"https:\/\/lespi-nyc.org\/kleindeutschland-little-germany-in-the-lower-east-side\/\">Little Germany<\/a>.” Due to the rapid increase of patients, the hospital moved several times and finally settled in its current location in 1905.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/25\/the-fight-over-the-name-of-lenox-hill-hospital\/\">name of the hospital changed to “Lenox Hill” in 1918<\/a>, the name of the <a href=\"http:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/resources\/neighborhoods-manhattan\/lenox-hill-manhattanhistory\/\">Upper East Side neighborhood<\/a> in which the hospital resides, in order to distance itself from Germany during World War I.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next several decades, the hospital continued to make advancements to the facilities and to the healthcare offered to patients. In 1933 the hospital established a maternity service, opened a cancer clinic, and made final preparations for the debut of its heart clinic. Lenox Hill opened one of the first intensive care units in Manhattan in 1957, followed 10 years later by the city’s first cardiac care unit.<\/p>\n<p>The photograph album captures the development and modernization of Lenox Hill Hospital up to 1966.\u00a0 Provided here are several “before and after” photographs of some of the Lenox Hill facilities.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/20\\\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12627 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/er-former\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/er-former1.jpg?fit=300%2C235&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A patient lays on a narrow metal cot in a room crowded with medical personnel.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12879\" data-attachment-id=\"12879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/er-former\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/er-former1.jpg?fit=1200%2C941&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,941\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Former Emergency Room\" data-image-description=\"<p>Emergency Room at Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Emergency Room, Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation. Uncredited photograph.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/er-former1.jpg?fit=300%2C235&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/er-former1.jpg?fit=840%2C659&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12879'>\n\t\t\t\tEmergency Room, Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation. Uncredited photograph.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/er-current\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/er-current.jpg?fit=300%2C236&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A hospital bed in a tiled room with medical equippment.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12648\" data-attachment-id=\"12648\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/er-current\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/er-current.jpg?fit=1200%2C942&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,942\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Emergency Room ca. 1966\" data-image-description=\"<p>Emergency Room at Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Emergency Room, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation. Photograph by Irving Kaufman Studios.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/er-current.jpg?fit=300%2C236&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/er-current.jpg?fit=840%2C659&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12648'>\n\t\t\t\tEmergency Room, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation. Photograph by Irving Kaufman Studios.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/ambulence-entrance-former-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambulence-entrance-former2.jpg?fit=300%2C234&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Two men with a patient on a stretcher next to an ambulance van in front of a stone building.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12888\" data-attachment-id=\"12888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/ambulence-entrance-former-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambulence-entrance-former2.jpg?fit=1490%2C1161&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1490,1161\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Former Ambulence Entrance\" data-image-description=\"<p>Ambulance entrance, Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Ambulance entrance, Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation. Uncredited photograph.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambulence-entrance-former2.jpg?fit=300%2C234&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambulence-entrance-former2.jpg?fit=840%2C655&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12888'>\n\t\t\t\tAmbulance entrance, Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation. Uncredited photograph.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/ambulence-entrance-current\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambulence-entrance-current.jpg?fit=300%2C238&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"An ambulance van just outside a garage in a large building.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12651\" data-attachment-id=\"12651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/ambulence-entrance-current\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambulence-entrance-current.jpg?fit=1515%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1515,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Ambulence Entrance, ca. 1966\" data-image-description=\"<p>Ambulance entrance at Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Ambulance entrance, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation. Photograph by Irving Kaufman Studios.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambulence-entrance-current.jpg?fit=300%2C238&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambulence-entrance-current.jpg?fit=840%2C665&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12651'>\n\t\t\t\tAmbulance entrance, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation. Photograph by Irving Kaufman Studios.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/clinic-former2-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/clinic-former21.jpg?fit=300%2C232&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"An ornate arched entrance labeled dispensary with additioanl wayfinding signs.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12883\" data-attachment-id=\"12883\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/clinic-former2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/clinic-former21.jpg?fit=984%2C762&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"984,762\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Former Clinic (Dispensary)\" data-image-description=\"<p>Clinic (Dispensary) at Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Clinic (Dispensary), Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation. Uncredited photograph.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/clinic-former21.jpg?fit=300%2C232&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/clinic-former21.jpg?fit=840%2C650&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12883'>\n\t\t\t\tClinic (Dispensary), Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation. Uncredited photograph.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/clinic-1966\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/clinic-1966.jpg?fit=300%2C234&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"An entrance with a revolving door labeled clinic.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12656\" data-attachment-id=\"12656\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/clinic-1966\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/clinic-1966.jpg?fit=1540%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1540,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Clinic, ca. 1966\" data-image-description=\"<p>Clinic at Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Clinic, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation. Photograph by Irving Kaufman Studios.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/clinic-1966.jpg?fit=300%2C234&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/clinic-1966.jpg?fit=840%2C655&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12656'>\n\t\t\t\tClinic, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation. Photograph by Irving Kaufman Studios.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/giftshop-former\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/giftshop-former.jpg?fit=300%2C218&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A scene resembling a small convinience store opulated with women in white medical coats.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12665\" data-attachment-id=\"12665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/giftshop-former\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/giftshop-former.jpg?fit=1600%2C1163&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1163\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Former Gift Shop\" data-image-description=\"<p>Gift shop at Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Gift shop, Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation. Uncredited photograph.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/giftshop-former.jpg?fit=300%2C218&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/giftshop-former.jpg?fit=840%2C611&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12665'>\n\t\t\t\tGift shop, Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation. Uncredited photograph.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/giftshop-1966-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/giftshop-19661.jpg?fit=300%2C218&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A shop selling cards, books, jewelry, clothing.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12890\" data-attachment-id=\"12890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/giftshop-1966-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/giftshop-19661.jpg?fit=1478%2C1076&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1478,1076\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Gift shop, ca. 1966\" data-image-description=\"<p>Gift shop, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Gift shop, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation. Photograph by Irving Kaufman Studios.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/giftshop-19661.jpg?fit=300%2C218&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/giftshop-19661.jpg?fit=840%2C612&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12890'>\n\t\t\t\tGift shop, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation. Photograph by Irving Kaufman Studios.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/icu-former\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/icu-former.jpg?fit=300%2C202&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A patient lays in a bed while a nurse adjust a medical instrument.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12661\" data-attachment-id=\"12661\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/icu-former\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/icu-former.jpg?fit=1600%2C1076&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1076\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Former Intensice Care Unit\" data-image-description=\"<p>Intensive Care Unit at Lenox Hill Hospital<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>ICU, Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation. Uncredited photograph.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/icu-former.jpg?fit=300%2C202&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/icu-former.jpg?fit=840%2C565&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12661'>\n\t\t\t\tICU, Lenox Hill Hospital, prior to renovation. Uncredited photograph.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/icu-19662\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/icu-196621.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Medical personnel stand by a man laying in a hospital bed.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12892\" data-attachment-id=\"12892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/icu-19662\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/icu-196621.jpg?fit=1377%2C920&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1377,920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"ICU, ca. 1966\" data-image-description=\"<p>ICU, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>ICU, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation.<br \/>\nPhotograph by Hutchins Photography, Inc.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/icu-196621.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/icu-196621.jpg?fit=840%2C561&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12892'>\n\t\t\t\tICU, Lenox Hill Hospital, ca. 1966, post renovation. \nPhotograph by Hutchins Photography, Inc.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A majority of the album’s photographs are uncredited. Eleven are credited to Irving Kaufman Studios, New York City, and 1 image is credited to Hutchins Photography, Inc., Belmont Massachusetts.\u00a0 Three images are credited to Dianora Niccolini:<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/20\\\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\\\/\"}' id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-12627 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/dn-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-1.jpg?fit=300%2C233&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A man stands in a deep excavation next to a large excavator machine.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-12696\" data-attachment-id=\"12696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/dn-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-1.jpg?fit=1548%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1548,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Excavating begins for the Community Health Center\" data-image-description=\"<p>Excavating begins for the Community Health Center<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Excavating begins for the Community Health Center<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-1.jpg?fit=300%2C233&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-1.jpg?fit=840%2C651&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-12696'>\n\t\t\t\tExcavating begins for the Community Health Center\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/dn-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-2.jpg?fit=300%2C232&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"An excavator dumps dirt in to a dump truck.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-12698\" data-attachment-id=\"12698\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/dn-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-2.jpg?fit=1548%2C1196&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1548,1196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Hauling away dirt before foundation is poured\" data-image-description=\"<p>Hauling away dirt before foundation is poured<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Hauling away dirt before foundation is poured<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-2.jpg?fit=300%2C232&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-2.jpg?fit=840%2C649&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-12698'>\n\t\t\t\tHauling away dirt before foundation is poured\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/dn-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-3.jpg?fit=300%2C232&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Men work installing foundation walls for a large building.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-12700\" data-attachment-id=\"12700\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/20\/lenox-hill-hospitals-modernization-captured-in-photographs\/dn-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-3.jpg?fit=1548%2C1199&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1548,1199\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"The beginning of the building’s foundation\" data-image-description=\"<p>The beginning of the building’s foundation<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>The beginning of the building’s foundation<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-3.jpg?fit=300%2C232&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dn-3.jpg?fit=840%2C651&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-12700'>\n\t\t\t\tThe beginning of the building’s foundation\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Niccolini was born in Italy, but moved to the United States with her American-born parents when she was 8 years old. After moving to New York City when she was 18 she studied photography, and later became chief medical photographer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwell.edu\/find-care\/locations\/manhattan-eye-ear-and-throat-hospital\">Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital<\/a>. She also specialized in male nude photography, creating photographs that would earn her praise from art critics as well as a place in the male-dominated profession of photography in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s, Niccolini co-founded and served as the first president of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwponline.org\/\">Professional Women Photographers (PWP)<\/a>, a nonprofit devoted to the advancement of female photographers. In <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230323171810\/http:\/\/www.pwponline.org\/member\/view\/dianora-niccolini\">her member profile<\/a>, she describes her experiences as a photographer in New York City:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>“My life as a photographer began in the early sixties. I landed my first job as a medical photographer almost at the same time that I met the world renowned photographer, Arthur Fellig. Weegee, as he was called…. I am now a fine art photographer and considered by many to be the female pioneer of the male nude in photography.<\/p>\n<p>“By 1984, my career as a medical photographer had come to an end . It was then that I decided to go into a completely different direction. I opened up a portrait studio on 32nd. St. in NYC. My male nude photographs not only influenced Mapplethorpe but probably paved the way for the scantly clad male models in commercial advertising and the Calvin Klein avant-guard brief ads of the 80’s.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Niccolini was widely praised for her photographic talent. <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/marbl\/2015\/02\/11\/the-beautiful-is-political-the-dianora-niccolini-papers-at-marbl\/\">Gene Thornton, an art critic for the New York Times reviewed her work<\/a> and concluded that Niccolini “come[s] about as close to idealization as is possible in photography [\u2026] The result is a general statement about the essential beauty and goodness of humanity [\u2026]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, Lenox Hill Hospital treats over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwell.edu\/find-care\/locations\/lenox-hill-hospital\/about\">325,000 patients each year,<\/a> and is still well-known for its inpatient medical, surgical, obstetric, pediatric, and psychiatric services.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ginny A. Roth is the Curator of Prints & Photographs in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ginny A. Roth The Charles R. 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