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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.

Entire chunks of brick dropped from the side of this house by Downman Rd.

Severely damaged house with exposed plywood walls and missing siding, its brick veneer collapsed into broken slabs scattered across the yard, set against a clear blue sky.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

Entire chunks of brick dropped from the side of this house by Downman Rd.

Original title

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Citation

“Entire chunks of brick dropped from the side of this house by Downman Rd.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3681.