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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.

Bourbon St., New Orleans pre-Katrina 2005.

Crowded Bourbon Street lined with wrought-iron balconies and neon signs reading "Galatoire's," "Felix's," and "Blues Club," with pedestrians wearing Mardi Gras beads filling the street below.

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Do You Know What it Means

Bourbon St., New Orleans pre-Katrina 2005.

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Item 15139

mardi gras

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“Bourbon St., New Orleans pre-Katrina 2005.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/15139.

Bourbon St., New Orleans pre-Katrina 2005.

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