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Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

Faded Polaroid of a baby with curly hair resting chin on folded hands, wearing a striped outfit, with visible water damage and discoloration from flooding.

One of the most grievous losses after Katrina was the family collection of photographs. The London Ave. levee breach let in an awful collection of yuck which obliterated all photos, amazingly except for Polaroids. I found this one of my son stuck in the buckled wood flooring of mama and daddy's house. We all cried because in 2002 at 24 he died of an asthma attack. Losing all his photos was like losing him again, until God led us to this lone survivor. Amen.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/1853.

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