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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.

Mound of white goods at Southern Scrap company, New Orleans East, January 2006

A large pile of crushed white goods—refrigerators, washers, and other appliances—sits partially submerged in muddy floodwater at a scrapyard under a clear blue sky.

Collection

Katrina

Mound of white goods at Southern Scrap company, New Orleans East, January 2006

Original title

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Citation

“Mound of white goods at Southern Scrap company, New Orleans East, January 2006,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2601.