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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 “Huey P Long” (1 total)

Vintage sepia-toned photo of a large crowd, including children and bicycles, gathered beneath the steel trusswork of the Huey P. Long Bridge during its 1934 dedication ceremony.

Huey P. Long Bridge dedication, 1934. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman,…