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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.

Raking spoiled food, Katrina Dump/New Orleans East, November 2005

A worker in protective coveralls, respirator, hard hat, and safety vest rakes spoiled food and debris onto a tarp near overturned, discarded refrigerators at a Katrina debris dump site.

Collection

Katrina

Raking spoiled food, Katrina Dump/New Orleans East, November 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Raking spoiled food, Katrina Dump/New Orleans East, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2560.