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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.

Items tagged “Barbershop” (2 total)

Will is Back Original Man Barber Shop Near Lakeshore, New Orleans, LA

Black-and-white 1913 photograph of the Edwin O. Moss Barbershop interior, showing rows of ornate barber chairs with draped towels and several barbers in white coats standing beneath hanging light fixtures and mirrored walls.

Edwin O. Moss Barbershop, 1913. Xavier University of Louisiana is a private, coed, liberal…