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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 “Leisure” (2 total)

Vintage black-and-white photo of four people—two men and two women—standing at a railing beneath a "Tumble Bug" ride sign, with a man in a hat visible in the background.

Uncle Pete, aunt B. and grandmother Mary of Jill Babin at Pontchartrain Beach, New…

Black-and-white snapshot of a woman in a belted, button-front dress posing in front of a giant funhouse face sculpture at Pontchartrain Beach, with children playing and a Ferris wheel in the background.

Aunt B. of Jill Babin at Pontchartrain Beach, New Orleans. This image is from the archive…