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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.

Suspended mattress, Lower 9th Ward/New Orleans, January 2006

A mattress labeled "Big Ben" hangs impaled on a wooden utility pole tangled with loose wires, with storm-damaged houses and bare trees visible in the background under a clear blue sky.

Collection

Katrina

Suspended mattress, Lower 9th Ward/New Orleans, January 2006

Original title

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Citation

“Suspended mattress, Lower 9th Ward/New Orleans, January 2006,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2602.