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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.

Can you find the television set?

Massive pile of debris including splintered wood, cardboard boxes, orange tubing, concrete chunks, and a "No Smoking" sign, with a television set partially buried among the wreckage under a clear blue sky.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Can you find the television set?

Original title

P1010147.JPG

Citation

“Can you find the television set?,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3572.