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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.

Streetscape, Lower 9th Ward/New Orleans, January 2006

A damaged house with spray-painted markings ("1/8 NE 09/13") stands beside a collapsed, debris-strewn structure and crushed vehicles, with leaning utility poles and a "Speed Limit 25" sign along the street.

Collection

Katrina

Streetscape, Lower 9th Ward/New Orleans, January 2006

Original title

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Citation

“Streetscape, Lower 9th Ward/New Orleans, January 2006,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2599.