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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.

Violin and top on house floor near London Avenue Canal levee breach, New Orleans, December…

A mud-caked, broken violin body with visible f-holes lies on a debris-covered floor beside a weathered wooden spinning top with pink and purple paint.

Collection

Katrina

Violin and top on house floor near London Avenue Canal levee breach, New Orleans, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Violin and top on house floor near London Avenue Canal levee breach, New Orleans, December…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2588.