American Historical Ephemera & Photography

3 photographs of male Native American subjects, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (sight), each mounted in cardstock mat with gilt blindstamp in lower margin, "Carl Moon, 565 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, Cal." (prints in good to very good condition; some corner and edge wear to mounts, including some staining and surface loss). Each print is ink inscribed in lower margin, "Carl Moon" or "C.M." and includes Carl Moon's blindstamp. -- 2 unmounted silver gelatin photographs of the same Native American subject with his bow and arrow, each approx. 6 3/4 x 6 in. (discoloration, fading, edge wear to prints). One with penciled notations on verso, including manuscript credit to Carl Moon and image title, "In Ambush," with note that the print is a "defective proof." 

Together, 5 photographs of Native American subjects. 

Carl Moon (1879-1948) became interested in photography and American Indians at an early age. After apprenticing for six years, he opened his own photographic studio in Albuquerque. He was in charge of Fred Harvey’s Headquarters at the Grand Canyon, AZ, and also worked as the official photographer for the Santa Fe Railroad. His highly artistic and sensitive images were exhibited in major museums around the US, and at the invitation of President Theodore Roosevelt, at the White House.