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Many of the musicians on “Oakland Blues” came from Louisiana and Texas to work in Bay Area shipyards around World War II. This Arhoolie compilation of 1948–57 material spotlights some of those Oakland bluesmen and women originally produced by native Texan Bob Geddins. "Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. http://bit.ly/StoryofArhoolie
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This post mentions the following things involved with the SFO Museum collection:
Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records
This nonaviation exhibition was on display between September 2018 and June 2019 in the 2A Boomerang Gallery gallery, located in Terminal 2