Robert Enrique Muller (September 1881 – 1921) sometimes credited as Enrique Muller, Jr. and as E. Muller, was an official photographer for the United States Navy, and an author. He took photos of military ships in action.[1]
Robert Enrique Muller | |
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 Muller circa 1913 | |
| Born | Robert Enrique Muller September 1881 New York |
| Died | 1921 possibly California |
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| Parent | Enrique Muller |
Biography
editHe was born in New York City in September 1881 or 1882 to photographer Enrique Muller and his wife, Mary. His father had worked in the post office in Kiel in Germany, and migrated to the United States and lived New York City. Father, Enrique Muller and his two children, Robert and Theodore operated a photographic studio in New York City. The family lived in Brooklyn, New York City in 1900.[2] He photographed the 1901 America's Cup and sent copies of his photographs to Wilhelm II, German Emperor. The Kaiser thanked the photographer, by sending him a pair of gold cufflinks.[3]
Robert married Caroline around 1912 and they had two children, Virginia C. Muller and Robert T. Muller.[4] In 1912 he published Battleships of the U.S. Navy, and in 1913 Risks of Photographing Battle-Ships in Action.[5]
He was declared bankrupt on December 23, 1915 by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.[6]
In 1917 he published The United States Navy. By 1920 they had moved to Los Angeles, California.[4] He died in 1921.[7]
Works
edit- The United States Navy (1917)
- Risks of Photographing Battle-Ships in Action (1913)[5]
- Battleships of the U.S. Navy (1912)
References
edit- ^ Lewis Edwin Theiss (1914). Lyman Abbott; Ernest Hamlin Abbott; Hamilton Wright Mabie (eds.). "The Man Behind the Camera". The Outlook. Vol. 106. p. 471. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
Perhaps Mr. Muller's most remarkable picture is that of the United States battle-ship Michigan taken head on while the battle-ship was steaming at twenty-two miles an hour. Mr. Muller maintains that photographing a speeding battle-ship head on is fully as dangerous as taking a snapshot at a charging rhinoceros.
- ^ "Robert Enrique Muller in the 1900 US census living in Brooklyn, New York City". United States Census Bureau. 1900. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- ^ "Brooklyn Photographer Gets Royal Present". Brooklyn Eagle. February 6, 1902. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
Enrique Muller, a Brooklyn photographer, is in this city making arrangements with the German embassy for a set of photographs of the launching of the Meteor for the German government. Mr. Muller is the proud possessor of a pair of gold cuff buttons, bearing the royal coat-of-arms of Germany, and the well known W of the Kaiser. 'These were sent to me as a present by Emperor William,' said Mr. Muller to-day, 'in acknowledgment of some special work that I did for him in connection with the yacht races here last year. The Kaiser is a great admirer of good photography and as everybody knows is a keen yachtsman. I had some very good photos of the Shamrock II and the Columbia in racing rigs and made up a set of them and sent them, with my compliments, to the Emperor. He surprised me by making me a present of these cuff buttons. My father, was a German subject and for twenty-five years was employed in the post office at Kiel. In recognition of his long service the present Emperor's father gave to him a silver medal.'
- ^ a b "Robert Enrique Muller in the 1920 United States census living in California". United States Census Bureau. 1920. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
- ^ a b Robert Enrique Muller (July 1, 1913). Risks of Photographing Battle-Ships in Action "Risks of Photographing Battle-Ships in Action". St. Nicholas Magazine. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "United States District Court, Southern District of New York – No. 22,642 – In Bankruptcy – Robert Enrique Muller, Bankrupt". New York Times. January 6, 1916. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
Robert Enrique Muller was duly adjudicated bankrupt on December 23, 1915 ...
- ^ Eric Elder. "Robert Enrique Muller". Retrieved 2015-03-30.
Enrique Muller and Robert E. Muller were one of the foremost US naval photographers at the turn of the 20th Century. They photographed warships from the Spanish–American War to WWI. Their photographs are found on many different publisher postcards as well as their own. This was a family business. The father probably started out as an official US naval photographer in the late 1890s ...
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