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A Topeka Police Department emergency pass. The pass was given to C.E. Ritchey to allow him access to his home after an F5 tornado hit Topeka, Kansas, on June 8, 1966. Mr. Ritchey's home was located at 1518 Washburn and was in the path of the tornado, which formed near Auburn and dissipated near Billiard Airport, causing a 22-mile path of destruction. It killed 16 people, injured over 500, and caused more than $200 million in damages.
Creator: Topeka Police Department
Date: 1966
Item Number: 505624
KSHS Identifier: 2020.37.1
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Community services - Police and other law enforcement
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Tornadoes
Date - 1960s - 1966
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Pass
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Forms
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/505624
