[NATIVE AMERICANS]. MOON, Carl (1879-1948). A group of 3 photographs of Navajo Chief Vicenti incl. salesman sample.3 x 4 1/4 in. hand-tinted photograph on cardstock mount blindstamped in the lower margin with Carl Moon's Pasadena, CA, studio address, accompanied by the original file envelope with the title "Vol. 4 #23 No. 6/ "Vicenti Many Years Chief of all the Navajos 1903." (Spotting and some edge wear to mount and envelope). [With:] 2 silver gelatin photographs of Vicente, the first, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (sight), mounted in cardstock mat. The print is ink inscribed "C.M." at lower left and blindstamped "Carl Moon" at lower right (very good condition). -- 4 x 5 3/4 in. (sight) photograph under mat, of a shirtless Vicenti (very good condition). Together, 3 photographs of Navajo Chief Vicenti. Carl Moon (1879-1948) became interested in photography and Native Americans 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 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. This lot is located in Cincinnati.