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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 “Crashupderby” (3 total)

Damaged houses with barred windows and torn siding, spray-painted with "128 GPS" and "127," debris scattered in the yard between the structures.

"128 GPS 127" Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, LA

Damaged, graffiti-marked house with collapsed walls and debris in overgrown yard; spray-painted "129 GPS" on siding and a "No Truck Route" sign in foreground.

"129 GPS" Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, LA

Damaged house with collapsed roof and siding torn away, spray-painted with "GPS" and "129," a window air conditioner, broken windows, and overgrown grass in the foreground.

"GPS 129" Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, LA