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This black and white photograph shows the first Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, as it appeared in 1952 after a snow storm. The Menninger Clinic was established in 1925 with the purchase of a farm house and admittance of 12 patients. The philosophy was that mental illness could be treated with an integrated medical, psychodynamic, and developmental approach for the total health of patients. The building was located on West Sixth Street.
Date: 1952
Item Number: 226389
Call Number: Menninger Fdn. Photographic Collection, Box 39 #121
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226389
Built Environment - Function - Health Care - Clinic
Business and Industry - Health care - Clinics
Business and Industry - Health care - Mental health facilities
Collections - Photograph - Menninger Foundation
Community Life - Community services - Mental health facilities - Menninger
Date - 1950s - 1952
Environment - Weather - Storms - Snow and blizzards
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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