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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.

Coin Laundrymat with Flood Line

Weathered sign reading "Coin Laundrymat" mounted on a cracked, paint-chipped wall, with a visible flood line obscuring the lower text and pipes protruding above the frame.

vintage hand painted Landrymat sign with flood line, water was 6 plus feet deep here, somewhere off of Tulane Ave

1 day shy of the 2 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

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Citation

“Coin Laundrymat with Flood Line,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/33229.