Hurricane Clean-up Sign
date: label: Associated Date
content: 2005-08-2005-09
notes: label: Description
content: No sooner had Katrina departed New Orleans in August 2005 than waves of hurricane clean-up signs went up in neighborhoods hard-hit by the storm, offering house-gutting services, mold removal, drywall replacement, and even building removal. The work was hazardous, involving the mucking out of homes and the handling of mountains of demolition debris and sodden household belongings. Many homeowners undertook their own clean-up, but much was performed by immigrant laborers attracted to the region by the promise of hard work and good wages.
label: Description
content: The scrubbing away of the tell-tale oily high-water mark was one of the most visible challenges of the clean-up effort. Some property owners regarded this mark as a badge of survival and protect it as evidence of what they endured in 2005. Most, however, opted for the cleansing away of this stain, a bitter reminder of the terrible tide that rose in New Orleans when the levees fell.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
label: referenced
content: United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
label: referenced
content: United States: Louisiana
topic: label: related event
content: Hurricane Katrina
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Advertising
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: National Treasures exhibit
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.3059.11
label: catalog number
content: 2006.3059.11
label: nonaccession number
content: 2006.3059
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sign
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, "coroplast" (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.5 cm x 61 cm x .5 cm; 12 in x 24 in x 3/16 in