ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Photo Galleries
Our archive contains thousands of photos related to historical roots and regional music, including some 25,000 images taken by Chris Strachwitz from the mid-1950s onward. Browse below for artist galleries as well as galleries of concert posters, Mexican movie lobby cards, record company catalogs, 78-rpm record sleeves, and more. Check back for updates as we continue to digitize our physical collections and share them here.
Chris Strachwitz Interview: Collecting 78rpm Records
Chris Strachwitz started in the music business as a passionate 78 record collector. Hear him tell the story on how he started Arhoolie Records with the...
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Los Pingüinos del Norte
Chris Strachwitz talks about meeting Los Pingüinos Del Norte. 00:00 00:00 Strachwitz Recalls Meeting Rev. Overstreet 00:00 Interview by: Tom Diamant Date: June 25, 2020 Location:...
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Chris Strachwitz Interview:
Rev. Louis Overstreet 1962/63
In the summer of 1960 Chris Strachwitz came across a gospel musician and his four sons preaching on the streets of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Listen as...
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Cancioneros
Cancioneros are song books produced by record companies or other businesses to promote and advertise their product. As well as offering lyrics to current and classic...
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New Orleans, 1956
In 1956 Chris Strachwitz was discharged from the US Army at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Armed with a camera and the love of New Orleans jazz he...
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Arhoolie Records Catalogs & Publications
The Arhoolie Foundation stems from the work of founder Chris Strachwitz and his seminal independent record label Arhoolie Records. In 1960, Strachwitz recorded Texas songster Mance...
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KEUN – Eunice, Louisiana 1962
In 1962 Chris Strachwitz journeyed on a road trip that took him from California to Texas and all through the South, the East Coast, Midwest, and...
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Record Company Catalogs and Publications of International and Regional Music
The Arhoolie Foundation Archive contains many vintage record company catalogs and publications of regional and ethnic music. Albanian, Scandinavia, Old Familiar Tunes, Mexican, Jewish, Greek, Turkish,...
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Photos from the 2019 Arhoolie Awards Concert
The Arhoolie Foundation held its second annual Arhoolie Awards and Benefit Concert on November 22nd at The Chapel in San Francisco. It was a great night...
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Chris Strachwitz Photo Archive
Chris Strachwitz, founder of both Arhoolie Records and the Arhoolie Foundation, has been documenting vernacular music since the 1950’s. An avid photographer he has taken over 25,000...
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