[1][2] Herwin sold budget jazz, blues, and old-time music discs that were pressed by Gennett and Paramount.
[3] The records were advertised in farming magazines and sold through the mail.
[2] The catalogue included Charley Patton, Chubby Parker, and Ernest Stoneman.
[1] Herwin closed in 1930 when it was bought by the Wisconsin Chair Company, the owner of Paramount.
A second Herwin Records was started in 1971 by Bernard Klatzko, a collector who reissued rare, early-jazz discs.