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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.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

A discarded refrigerator sits on a New Orleans sidewalk, labeled "C.O.D." and "TO: GEORGE W BUSH c/o WHITE HOUSE, PERISHABLE," with a hand-drawn American flag, wrought-iron balconies visible behind it.

One of the thousands of friges lineing the streets of New Orleans, this one addressed to one of the many Scapegoats for the disaster.

Citation

“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/165.