Carl Moon photograph collection, ca. 1903-1914.

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Carl Moon photograph collection, ca. 1903-1914.

One hundred and thirty-two photographs, ca. 1903-1914, consisting of black and white copy prints of Apache, Navajo, Hopi, Taos, Osage, and other Native Americans. They are artificially arranged into seven subject groupings: Portraits, Crafts, Music, Men, Habitat, Ceremonies, and Family. Annotations on the back include name, place, some dates, and occasionally additional information. The bulk consists of portraits of individuals, groups, and ceremonies.

.4 ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7251987

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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...