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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.

Night Falls on St. Ferdinand Street

Large banana leaves frame a dusk sky crisscrossed with utility wires and a wooden power pole, with a building silhouette visible at lower left.

Collection

Lorraine Monseu

Photo taken at dusk in post-Katrina New Orleans, on a section of St. Ferdinand Street in the Bywater neighborhood.

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Citation

“Night Falls on St. Ferdinand Street,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/30619.