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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.

Here's another view looking down Lotus Street near Lavender.

A street lined with piles of debris—refrigerators, a couch, and trash bags—stacked along the curb, with a blue "Lavender" street sign visible in the background.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

Here's another view looking down Lotus Street near Lavender.

Original title

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Citation

“Here's another view looking down Lotus Street near Lavender.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3632.