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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.

Chocolate City float, Mid-City Parade, Central Business District/New Orleans, March 2006

Elaborately decorated Mardi Gras float featuring a painted Willie Wonka-style "Sugar Daddy" figure in top hat, surrounded by handmade signs reading "Chocolate City," "Chocolate Covered Crayfish," and "Your Ad Here," amid tinsel and American flag decorations.

Collection

Katrina

Chocolate City float, Mid-City Parade, Central Business District/New Orleans, March 2006

Original title

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Citation

“Chocolate City float, Mid-City Parade, Central Business District/New Orleans, March 2006,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2615.