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Thousands of photographs lost during Hurricane Katrina were recovered and returned to their owners through the Picture Project.

The project was inspired by a news report and a book about photos lost during the Holocaust.

While the project is no longer active, its impact resonated deeply with those who recovered lost memories.

In one photograph, brothers Mark and James Rickman are in a toy wagon, grinning at the camera.

In another, James, as a toddler, plays with a tea set.

A third shows the boys' dad, Dave Rickman, standing near Mark, who is in a stroller, during a family trip to the Rocky Mountains.

The pictures were lost when the Rickmans' Biloxi, Mississippi, home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2005. They were returned after strangers found the

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