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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.

Foundation of house at 17th Street Canal breach, Lakeview/New Orleans, December 2005

Flooded concrete house foundation with exposed wooden pilings sits amid storm debris, uprooted trees, and damaged brick homes in a devastated neighborhood.

Collection

Katrina

Foundation of house at 17th Street Canal breach, Lakeview/New Orleans, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Foundation of house at 17th Street Canal breach, Lakeview/New Orleans, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2571.