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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.

Shattered glass lines the floor of Gambino's.

Interior of a storm-damaged restaurant with cracked, debris-covered flooring, stained water-damaged walls, overturned folding tables, and metal display cases, decorative palm trees and tropical motifs still visible on the walls.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Shattered glass lines the floor of Gambino's.

Original title

P1010128.JPG

Citation

“Shattered glass lines the floor of Gambino's.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3552.