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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 Fountain" 9th Ward, New Orleans

A mannequin-like figure with wild dark hair and a yellow raincoat labeled "Katrina Fountain," standing before a house with a blue "Our Mayor" campaign sign and a microphone nearby.

"Katrina Fountain" 9th Ward, New Orleans

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9th ward
Hurricane Katrina
Katrina
Rita
gulf
gulfregion
hurricane
katrina fountain
mannequin
microphone
neworleans
ninthward
nola
nycpb
raynagin
rusty
shout
wig
yellow

Citation

“"Katrina Fountain" 9th Ward, New Orleans,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/28611.