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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.

Sign outside lingerie store, French Quarter/New Orleans, January 2006

Handwritten sign in a light green frame outside a French Quarter lingerie shop lists "3 great reasons to buy new panties," referencing mold, Hanes, and FEMA trailers.

Collection

Katrina

Sign outside lingerie store, French Quarter/New Orleans, January 2006

Original title

20060101_MG_9513.jpg

Citation

“Sign outside lingerie store, French Quarter/New Orleans, January 2006,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2594.