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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.

Heavily-damaged house, Lakeview/New Orleans, December 2005

Heavily damaged two-story house with collapsed roof, caved-in walls, and scattered debris covering the yard, including a staircase and porch railing knocked askew; spray-painted "424" search marking visible on the fallen roof section.

Collection

Katrina

Heavily-damaged house, Lakeview/New Orleans, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Heavily-damaged house, Lakeview/New Orleans, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2567.