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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 “Fishing” (4 total)

Black-and-white photo of four children fishing on a dock by a river, with a bucket and jar nearby and grassy banks and buildings in the background.

Kids fishing in the New Orleans East river, 1970's. This image was collected in a workshop…

A boy in a life jacket and a man wearing a green cap and white T-shirt give thumbs up while riding on a motorboat, with wake and trees visible behind them.

Emma Stieffel's brother Dalton and uncle Glen fishing in the Delacroix river. New Orleans.…

Eurma Landry stands on a boat deck wearing a checkered garment and blue hair covering, holding large shrimp in gloved hands, with a basket nearby and open water and sky in the background.

Eurma Landry holding large shrimp, Louisiana. This image is from the archive of Ron…

Sepia-toned photo of Shirley Seibert and her son Charles standing on grass beside a vintage car, both holding fishing lines while crawfishing, St. Bernard, 1950.

Shirley Seibert and son Charles, crawfishing in St. Bernard, 1950. This image is from the…