Carl MoonPhotograph Collection, circa. 1903-1914

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Carl MoonPhotograph Collection, circa. 1903-1914

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The Carl Moon collection is comprised of photographs, ca.1903-1914, consisting of black and white copy prints of Apache, Hopi, Navajo,and other American Indians. The collection is artificially arranged into sevenseries: Portraits, Cafts, Music, Men, Habitat, Ceremonies and Family. Printedon fiber paper 5 by 8 inches or smaller, these photographs are annotated withnames and places, and some are dated. The bulk of the images consist ofportraits of individuals, groups, and ceremonies.

.5 linear feet

University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections

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Moon, Carl, 1878-1948

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Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Carl E. Moon learned his craft as an apprentice to a photography studio. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, opened his own studio, and made pictorial studies of Indians in the region. Between 1907 to 1914, he worked for Fred Harvey in a studio at El Tovar, Grand Canyon, Arizona. He established a studio in Pasadena, California, where he continued to photograph and paint. During the last three decades of this career, Moon produced works for Henry E. Huntington, publishe...