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.
Flaco Jiménez Photo Gallery
All photos were taken by Chris Strachwitz except where noted (four photos with Flaco and Steve Jordan by Maureen Gosling) and older archival photos. All images...
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J.E. Mainer Image Gallery
All photos were taken by Chris Strachwitz except the song book cover and the archival photo of the J.E. Mainer Band. All images © Chris Strachwitz...
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Lydia Mendoza Photo Gallery
Lydia Mendoza was the first Queen of Tejano Music, with a recording career that began in 1928 and lasted more than 60 years. Known as “La...
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Frontera 78-rpm Record Sleeve Gallery
78-rpm record sleeves not only provided space for record labels to advertise their other artists and releases, but were occasionally beautiful works of art . Here’s a selection of Spanish language,...
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Frontera Movie Lobby Cards
Music, especially the corrido, was an important component in many Mexican American and Mexican films. Many films were titled after or totally based on well-known corridos....
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