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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.

Refrigerators and trash bags on Bonnabel.

Two discarded refrigerators, one marked with an "8," sit curbside on a grassy lawn alongside black trash bags and debris piles, with brick houses, trucks, and trees lining the street behind.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Refrigerators and trash bags on Bonnabel.

Original title

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Citation

“Refrigerators and trash bags on Bonnabel.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3442.