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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.

Upended house, Gert Town/New Orleans, October 2005

A severely damaged, collapsed single-story house with its foundation sheared off and front porch tilted downward, boarded windows, and orange spray-painted search markings, surrounded by debris and parked cars.

Collection

Katrina

Upended house, Gert Town/New Orleans, October 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Upended house, Gert Town/New Orleans, October 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2464.