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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Waveland Wal-Mart, Mississippi, along Route 90

Empty parking lot in front of a Wal-Mart Supercenter, with a white SUV, a dark sedan, and a Virginia State Police mobile command vehicle flying an American flag parked nearby.

Collection

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Hurricane Katrina Photos

Waveland Wal-Mart, Mississippi, along Route 90

Original title

2005-28243.jpg (Object)

Citation

“Waveland Wal-Mart, Mississippi, along Route 90,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/1224.