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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.

Rusted chair, pot, and flooded van, Holly Beach/Louisiana, December 2005

A rusted folding chair and pot sit on muddy sand beside floodwater, with a partially submerged blue van and scattered storm debris in the background.

Collection

Rita

Rusted chair, pot, and flooded van, Holly Beach/Louisiana, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Rusted chair, pot, and flooded van, Holly Beach/Louisiana, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2649.