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Plea for restoration of gas service, Mid-City/New Orleans, December 2005

Hand-painted wooden sign on two posts in a yard, decorated with a cartoon Santa face, reading "Dear Santa, all we want for Christmas is... GAS," set against a house's siding.

Collection

Katrina

Plea for restoration of gas service, Mid-City/New Orleans, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Plea for restoration of gas service, Mid-City/New Orleans, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2591.