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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.

London Ave Canal Job

A yellow excavator marked "Peake Construction" loads debris into a blue dump truck, as a worker in a safety vest and hard hat stands nearby on a dirt and rubble site; dated 03/18/06.

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Citation

“London Ave Canal Job,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34947.