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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 roof hat, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March 2006

Woman in a blue wig and handmade "roof hat" costume decorated with red duct-tape X marks, a small yellow figurine, and blue tape at her throat, smiling for Mardi Gras in the French Quarter.

Collection

Katrina

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

Original title

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mardi gras

Citation

“Katrina roof hat, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March 2006,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2629.