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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.

Yockey Patcheco, early 1980s.

Water-damaged color photograph of a young child with curly hair looking down at a garment on a hanger, held in both hands; the print's surface is heavily stained, cracked, and discolored.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

Yockey Patcheco, early 1980s.

Original title

Item 25735

karen patcheco
st bernard parish

Citation

“Yockey Patcheco, early 1980s.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/25735.