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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 “Gps” (2 total)

Abandoned storm-damaged house with boarded windows and spray-painted search markings on the siding, surrounded by overgrown grass and a chain-link fence, with a flatter-roofed building beside it.

This is one of those homes that actually floated off the foundation. Keep in mind, this…

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