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Original artwork: "'Autumn,"' by Ernest Moon. In color on paper

Description: Family photographs, albums, clippings and other items relating to the early life and career of photographer Carl Moon (1878-1948) and his wife, Grace Moon, who wrote a series of children's books revolving around Hopi and Navajo culture in the Southwest. There are several portraits of both of them and portraits of Moon family members. A photo/clipping album contains many scenes of their early home life in Pasadena, Ca., with their two children, along with clippings about their careers. There is one view of Grace Moon at El Tovar studio in the Grand Canyon. Another album details several generations of the Moon family in photographs dating from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. Ephemera includes a 1909 brochure for Hotel El Tovar at the Grand Canyon, and diaries and artwork by Carl Moon's family members.
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Production date: approximately1860s-1930.
Call number: photCL 484

Reproduction of artwork entitled "'Autumn,"' by Ernest Moon (trees by a river). [See photographs of artwork, Box 3, Items 61-62.]

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Family photographs, albums, clippings and other items relating to the early life and career of photographer Carl Moon (1878-1948) and his wife, Grace Moon, who wrote a series of children's books revolving around Hopi and Navajo culture in the Southwest. There are several portraits of both of them and portraits of Moon family members. A photo/clipping album contains many scenes of their early home life in Pasadena, Ca., with their two children, along with clippings about their careers. There is one view of Grace Moon at El Tovar studio in the Grand Canyon. Another album details several generations of the Moon family in photographs dating from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. Ephemera includes a 1909 brochure for Hotel El Tovar at the Grand Canyon, and diaries and artwork by Carl Moon's family members.

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Photograph of artwork entitled "'Autumn,"' by Ernest Moon (trees by a river). [See reproduction and additional photograph of artwork, Box 3, Items 60 and 61.]

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photCL 484

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Photograph of artwork entitled "'Autumn,"' by Ernest Moon (trees by a river). [See reproduction and additional photograph of artwork, Box 3, Items 60 and 62.]

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photCL 484

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Original artwork: Pen and ink drawing by Ernest Moon: "'Any Indian braves in camp? Naw, only some squawks."' Signed in ink by Ernest Moon

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Original artwork: Pen and ink drawing by Ernest Moon of two boys and a dog: "'Gee, I'm glad he's a toy dog."'

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Photograph of artwork by Grace Moon entitled "'The Hunter."'

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Original artwork: "'Autumn,"' by Ernest Moon. In color on paper

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Reproduction of artwork entitled "'Autumn,"' by Ernest Moon (trees by a river). [See photographs of artwork, Box 3, Items 61-62.]

Photograph of artwork entitled "'Autumn,"' by Ernest Moon (trees by a river). [See reproduction and additional photograph of artwork, Box 3, Items 60 and 61.]

Photograph of artwork entitled "'Autumn,"' by Ernest Moon (trees by a river). [See reproduction and additional photograph of artwork, Box 3, Items 60 and 62.]

Original artwork: Pen and ink drawing by Ernest Moon: "'Any Indian braves in camp? Naw, only some squawks."' Signed in ink by Ernest Moon

Original artwork: Pen and ink drawing by Ernest Moon of two boys and a dog: "'Gee, I'm glad he's a toy dog."'

Photograph of artwork by Grace Moon entitled "'The Hunter."'