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Location & Contact

ECMC HEALTH CAMPUS
462 Grider Street
Buffalo, NY 14215
T: (716) 898-3000

Celebrating 100 Years

Read about the hospital’s storied history in our commemorative book: A Century of True Care.View e-book

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Buffalo City Hospital

1918-1939

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  • Temporary Contagious Disease Unit, Ernest Wende Hospital, 456 Broadway at Spring St., ca. 1910.
  • Children’s Scarlet Fever Ward, ca. 1897.
  • Interns and nursing staff in front of Erie County Almshouse, 1897.
  • Buffalo City Hospital construction, 1917-1920. Photo courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum, used by permission.
  • Construction of Buffalo City Hospital, 1917-1920. Photos from A Surgical Program Comes of Age, 1941-1962.
  • Construction of Buffalo City Hospital, 1917-1920. Photos from A Surgical Program Comes of Age, 1941-1962.
  • Construction of Buffalo City Hospital, 1917-1920. Photos from A Surgical Program Comes of Age, 1941-1962.
  • Buffalo City Hospital. Reproduced by permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York.
  • The Erie County Almshouse, Main Street and Bailey Avenue, ca. 1830.
  • First class to complete the Buffalo City Hospital Nurse Training program, 1922.
  • Male tubercular ward at Buffalo City Hospital, ca. 1920.
  • Dental clinic and staff , Buffalo City Hospital, 1931. Photo from The Buffalo City Hospital Annual, 1931.
  • Dental clinic and staff , Buffalo City Hospital, 1931. Photo from The Buffalo City Hospital Annual, 1931.
  • Dr. Walter S. Goodale
  • Dr. Goodale with members of the medical, surgical, and laboratory departments at Buffalo City Hospital. Photo from A Surgical Program Comes of Age, 1941-1962.
  • Surgery prep at Buffalo City Hospital.
  • Doctor and nurse perform X-ray on a male patient, ca. 1920.
  • Nurses on the roof at Buffalo City Hospital. Photo courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum, used by permission.
  • Buffalo City Hospital operating room. Photo from A Surgical Program Comes of Age, 1941-1962.
  • Busses at Day School for Crippled Children, Buffalo City Hospital. Reproduced by permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York
  • Day School for Crippled Children, Buffalo City Hospital, 1924.
  • Tulips in bloom in the garden at Bu alo City Hospital. Photo from A Surgical Program Comes of Age, 1941-1962.
  • Strolling through the garden grounds, Buffalo City Hospital. Photo courtesy of The Buffalo Courier-Express Microfilm Collection, Archives & Special Collections, E.H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State.
  • A view of the garden looking toward Grider Street, Buffalo City Hospital.
  • Garden grounds, Buffalo City Hospital. Photo courtesy of The Buffalo Courier-Express Microfilm Collection, Archives & Special Collections, E.H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State.

Meyer Memorial Hospital

1939-1978

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  • Dr. Edward J. Meyer
  • Edward J. Meyer Memorial Hospital entrance. Photo courtesy of Dolores Cippola.
  • Day School for Crippled Children bus, Meyer Memorial Hospital, 1944. Photo courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum, used by permission.
  • Meyer Memorial Hospital ambulances and drivers, 1940. Photo courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum, used by permission.
  • Polio treatment with iron lung, Meyer Memorial Hospital, 1950.
  • Doctor with child afflicted with polio, Meyer Memorial Hospital, ca. 1940.
  • Meyer Memorial Hospital, 1966. Photo courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum, used by permission.
  • Anita Dorr, RN, with Crash Cart, 1967. Photo courtesy of The Buffalo Courier-Express Micro lm Collection, Archives & Special Collections, E.H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State.
  • Anita Dorr, RN, with Crash Cart, 1967. Photo courtesy of The Buffalo Courier-Express Micro lm Collection, Archives & Special Collections, E.H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State.
  • Mrs. Ethel Hicks, kitchen supervisor; Mrs. Ada Hinkle, cook; and Mrs. Helen Evan, food service helper, serve corn bread, ham hocks and cabbage as part of a special 'Soul Food Dinner' at Meyer Memorial Hospital, ca. 1960s.
  • Doctors and nurses in meeting at Meyer Memorial, 1970. Photo courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum, used by permission.
  • Pediatric Clinic, 1970. Photo courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum, used by permission.

Erie County Medical Center

1978-Present

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  • ECMC groundbreaking on October 27th, 1971. (left to right) B. John Tutuska, Mrs. Mildred Campbell, Harry W. Vackel, and Albert C. Rekate, MD.
  • Construction of ECMC, 1971-1978.
  • Construction of ECMC in the 1970s.
  • Completed ECMC Tower.
  • Dr. Michael A. Manka Jr., Chief of Emergency Medicine at ECMC. Photos courtesy Wagoner Photography.
  • Ribbon cutting at the opening of the Center for Orthopaedic Care.
  • Ribbon cutting at the Russell J. Salvatore Orthopaedic Unit. Photo courtesy Joe Cascio.
  • Looking to the future.
  • ECMC's Future Trauma Center/Emergency Department.
  • ECMC's Future Trauma Center/Emergency Department.
  • ECMC's Future Russell J. Salvatore Atrium.
  • ECMC's Future Russell J. Salvatore Atrium.
Location & Contact

ECMC HEALTH CAMPUS
462 Grider Street
Buffalo, NY 14215
T: (716) 898-3000

Celebrating 100 Years

Read about the hospital’s storied history in our commemorative book: A Century of True Care.View e-book

See the publication produced by Business First highlighting a Century of Care.View publication

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