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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.

Franklin Ave. near Dreux.

Damaged two-story building with a tarp-covered roof and large black bull statue atop a pole sign reading "Oysters Shrimp, Plate Lunches Dinners, Po-Boy Sandwiches," with storm debris piled in front.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Franklin Ave. near Dreux.

Original title

P1010082.JPG

Citation

“Franklin Ave. near Dreux.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3508.