Charles Wright photograph collection [picture]. 1904-1915.

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Charles Wright photograph collection [picture]. 1904-1915.

This collection contains sepia-toned photographic prints related to North American Indian society. Collection includes photos by well known photographers of the Southwest including: Jack T. Cassidy, Charles Dwight, Fred Harvey, Carl Moon, Robert C. Price, and W.R. Walton. Photos show people and aspects of culture; religion, kivas, dance, family, and village life. Also depict aspects of industry; weaving, pottery, dress, jewelry, and homes. Subjects in photos range in age from infant to elderly. Locale of photos mainly New Mexico pueblos, in particular, villages of Hopi and Santo Domingo. There is also a single photograph of Wright's Trading Post in Albuquerque taken ca. 1915.

20 photographic prints : sepia toned ; 34 x 45 cm. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7763898

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Wright's Trading Post (Albuquerque, N.M.)

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Karl E. Moon & Co.

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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...

Harvey, Fred

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Fred Harvey (1835-1901) was a restauranteer who worked closely with railroad companies in the American West. His restaurant chain was known as Harvey Houses. From the description of Fred Harvey photographs of the West, circa 1880s-1900s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 223811382 ...

Wright, Charles L.

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Charles Wright was a trading post proprietor. Born, Kansas, 1878, died, Albuquerque, N.M., 1937. From the description of Charles Wright photograph collection [picture]. 1904-1915. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 57688019 ...