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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.

The cleaners, next to Pepperoni's, didn't do too well.

Rows of garments in plastic dry-cleaning bags hang on a rack inside a damaged storefront, seen through a glass display case and bamboo blinds, with wire hangers and dust-covered debris in the foreground.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

The cleaners, next to Pepperoni's, didn't do too well.

Original title

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Citation

“The cleaners, next to Pepperoni's, didn't do too well.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3549.