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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 costume, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March…

Back view of a person wearing a straw hat topped with foil and a hatband reading "I ♥ NEW ORLEANS," over a brown embroidered jacket decorated with a heart and the painted text "I ♥ the Chocolate City," street scene in background.

Collection

Katrina

Chocolate City costume, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March 2006

Original title

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mardi gras

Citation

“Chocolate City costume, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2617.