Hurricane Evacuation Route Road Sign
date: label: Associated Date
content: 2005
name: label: fabricator
content: New Orleans Department of Public Works
notes: label: Description
content: As Hurricane Katrina approached in August 2005, over 80 percent of the residents of New Orleans fled the city during the mandatory evacuation. Thousands of residents, however, could not or would not leave.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
label: referenced
content: United States: Louisiana
label: place used
content: United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
topic: label: related event
content: Hurricane Katrina
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Natural Resources
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content: National Treasures exhibit
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content: Transportation
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content: Measuring & Mapping
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: 2005.0284.01
label: accession number
content: 2005.0284
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0284.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sign
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/16 in x 36 in; .15875 cm x 91.44 cm