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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.

Katrina costumes, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March 2006

Two women wear elaborate house-shaped hats with shingled roofs and chimneys, plus window-decorated tops; one holds a "Flood St" sign and a red cup, with marks on their faces.

Collection

Katrina

Katrina costumes, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March 2006

Original title

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mardi gras

Citation

“Katrina costumes, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March 2006,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2622.