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These black and white photographs show the rooms in the first Menninger Sanitarium, a former farmhouse, purchased in 1925 by the Menninger Sanitarium Corporation. A major contribution of the Menningers was that at a time when custodial care or the asylum were the only alternatives for the mentally ill, they brought a positive commitment to psychiatry. The farmhouse became the clinic and the surrounding 20 acres were developed with buildings and gardens over the next years to become the "East Campus" of the Menninger Foundation. In 1985, the "West Campus", a much larger area, was developed west of Topeka. In 2003, the Menninger Foundation moved to Houston, Texas.
Creator: Wolfe Commercial Photo Service
Date: 1925-1929
Item Number: 224284
Call Number: Menninger Foundation Photographic Collection, Box 38, 107-110
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224284
Built Environment - Function - Health Care - Clinic
Built Environment - Function - Health Care - Sanitarium
Business and Industry - Health care - Clinics
Business and Industry - Health care - Mental health facilities
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Community services - Mental health facilities
Date - 1920s - 1925
Date - 1920s - 1926
Date - 1920s - 1927
Home and Family - Residences - Interiors - Bedrooms
Home and Family - Residences - Interiors - Dining rooms
Home and Family - Residences - Interiors - Entryways/halls
Home and Family - Residences - Interiors - Living rooms/Parlors
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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