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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.

Merry Christmas, Kitchen, Lyndel Drive

A group gathers in a kitchen during a Christmas celebration, with one man wearing a Santa hat, as others stand and sit around a table set with food and drinks.

Collection

St. Bernard Parish

Merry Christmas, Kitchen, Lyndel Drive.

Michael Polletti (back to camera), John Kane (Santa hat), Daniel Kane

Chalmette
kane
lyndale
st bernard

Citation

“Merry Christmas, Kitchen, Lyndel Drive,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34255.