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This album contains images of the first hospital for children in Melbourne, founded in 1870 by Dr William Smith and Dr John Singleton. The photographs show the building on Stephen Street (now Exhibition Street), which originally had just six beds available for in-patients.

Commemorating the Opening of the Melbourne Free Hospital for Sick Children, 1870 — Commemorating the Opening of the Melbourne Free Hospital for Sick Children, 1870
Location: The Children's Hospital; Stephen Street, Victoria.
Media: Digital reprint.
Dimensions: H15.7 X W20.5 cm.
Accession number: 2018.2429.5.

Excavating for HWT Building on Flinders St (original Children's Hospital in background), Circa 1920 — Excavating for HWT Building on Flinders St (original Children's Hospital in background), Circa 1920
Location: The Children's Hospital; Stephen Street, Victoria.
Media: Digital reprint.
Dimensions: H22 x W25.3 cm.
Accession number: 2018.2429.4.

The First Children's Hospital, Circa 1870 — The First Children's Hospital, Circa 1870
Location: The Children's Hospital; Stephen Street, Victoria.
Media: Digital reprint.
Dimensions: H22.2 x W18.8 cm.
Accession number: 2018.2429.3.

Stephen Street Hospital, 1870 — Stephen Street Hospital, 1870
Location: The Children's Hospital; Stephen Street, Victoria.
Media: Card.
Dimensions: H13.5 x W21 cm.
Accession number: 2018.2429.2.

The First Children's Hospital, 1870 — The First Children's Hospital, 1870
Location: The Children's Hospital; Stephen Street, Victoria.
Media: Digital reprint.
Dimensions: H16.3 x W10.3 cm.
Accession number: 2018.2429.1.