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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.

Encouraging signage, Mid-City/New Orleans, December 2005

A large teddy bear and a patriotic stuffed duck sit in a tree, above a handmade wooden sign reading "HANG IN THERE NAWLINS WE ARE AMERICA'S #1 CITY."

Collection

Katrina

Encouraging signage, Mid-City/New Orleans, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Encouraging signage, Mid-City/New Orleans, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2566.