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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.

Residential slab with salvaged objects, Pecan Island/Louisiana, December 2005

A concrete slab holds a rusted barbecue grill and a small statue of the Virgin Mary in an arched niche, with floodwater and a collapsed fence visible in the background.

Collection

Rita

Residential slab with salvaged objects, Pecan Island/Louisiana, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Residential slab with salvaged objects, Pecan Island/Louisiana, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2672.