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Online Library of Selected Images
-- ART TOPICS -- PHOTOGRAPHERS
Enrique Muller, and "E. Muller Jr." (Robert E. Muller)
Enrique Muller and his son, Robert E. Muller (who practiced
under the name "E. Muller Jr.") are perhaps the most
noted of the small band of early 20th Century photographers who
specialized in naval subjects. The father, born in Germany in
1846, arrived in the United States about twenty years later. He
appears to have begun photographing ships on a commercial basis
during the later 1890s, mainly in the waters around New York City,
where both father and son resided. Muller's excellent quality
views of the ships of the "Great White Fleet" era are
especially significant.
Robert E. Muller appears to have taken over the business by
the early "Teens", and all Muller photos we have dated
after 1914 bear the name "E. Muller Jr.". During 1918
and 1919 he photographed many of the transports
that brought American World War I veterans to New York from the
former European war zone. In 1919, the firm's address was 198
Broadway, New York City. We have no Muller photographs taken after
that year. Presumably it ceased operation, or at least stopped
making ship photographs, at that time.
The Mullers produced photographs in a variety of formats, ranging
from postcard size to large prints. Their images were also widely
used on colored postcards and in publications. The U.S. Navy appears
to have acquired some of their original glass negatives, perhaps
during the 1920s, as some of these can be found among the higher-numbered
glass plates in the U.S. National Archives' Bureau of Ships collection's
old "digital series". See Photo
Numbers in the 19-N-60-; -61- and -62 series for examples,
some of which are specifically credited to them, while others
can be tentatively attributed based on subject matter, location
and date. Sadly, as related to this writer by Ted
Stone in a conversation during the 1980s, many of the Mullers'
other glass plate negatives ended up as window panes in a New
Jersey greenhouse.
This page provides links to photographs taken by Enrique
Muller and "E. Muller Jr."
The following photographs were taken by Enrique Muller and
E. Muller Jr.:
- Photo # NH 102781:
USS MacKenzie
(Torpedo Boat # 17) underway, circa 1901.
- Photo # NH
101247-KN: USS Castine
(Gunboat # 6) at Pensacola, Florida, circa 1905.
- Photo # NH
67476-A-KN: USS Whipple
(Torpedo Boat Destroyer # 15) during the early 1900s.
- Photo # NH
98835-KN: Submarines Porpoise
(Submarine # 7) and Shark (Submarine # 8) on cradles
at the New York Navy Yard, circa 1905.
- Photo # NH
101199-KN: same subject as NH 98835-KN, but different view.
- Photo # NH 70936:
same subject as NH 98835-KN, but different view.
- Photo # NH 85772:
same subject as NH 98835-KN, but different view.
- Photo # NH 553:
USS Connecticut
(Battleship # 18) running trials in 1906.
- Photo # NH
101231-KN: USS West
Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5) at the New York Navy Yard,
1906.
- Photo # NH 91815:
Officers and men of USS Kearsarge
(Battleship # 5), circa 1906.
- Photo # NH 98480:
Rear Admiral Robley
D. Evans, USN, 1907.
- Photo # 19-N-11305:
USS Maine (Battleship
# 10) at anchor, 1907.
- Photo # NH 98605:
USS Macdonough
(Destroyer # 9), 1908.
- Photo # NH 46043:
View on board USS Mississippi
(Battleship # 23), 1908.
- Photo # 19-N-60-10-14:
same subject as NH 46043, but different view.
- Photo # 19-N-60-10-12:
same subject as NH 46043, but different view.
- Photo # NH
55539-A: USS Cuttlefish
(Submarine # 11), in port, probably at the New York Navy
Yard, circa 1908.
- Photo # NH 41914:
USS Viper (Submarine
# 10), underway in New York Harbor, 1909.
- Photo # 19-N-60-9-5:
USS Tarantula
(Submarine # 12), underway in New York Harbor, 1909.
- Photo # NH 43600:
USS Tarpon
(Submarine # 14), in 1909.
- Photo # NH 89439:
USS Thornton
(Torpedo Boat # 33) steaming through heavy seas in the Gulf
of Mexico, March 1909.
- Photo # NH 43043:
Officers & Crew of USS Florida
(Battleship # 30), circa 1912.
- Photo # NH 44734:
View on board USS North
Dakota (Battleship # 29), 1912.
- Photo # NH 46215:
USS Tennessee
(Armored Cruiser # 10) in New York Harbor, probably during
the October 1912 naval review.
- Photo # NH 105079:
Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming in column formation, circa
1914.
The views listed below are generally marked: "E. Muller,
Jr.:
- Photo # NH 60322:
Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming toward Mexican waters in
1914. Copyrighted by Enrique Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 106268:
"Sleeping In". A Sailor occupies his hammock in the
broadside gun casemate of large U.S. Navy warship, circa the
mid-1910s. Copyrighted by Enrique Muller, Jr., from N. Moser.
- Photo # NH 106269:
"Pealing (sic) Spuds". Sailors and Marines peeling
potatos on board a U.S. Navy ship, circa the mid-1910s. Copyrighted
by Enrique Muller, Jr., from N. Moser.
- Photo # NH 106270:
"Mining Drill". Sailors practice the employment of
sea mines on board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa the early or
middle 1910s. Copyrighted by Enrique Muller, Jr., from N. Moser.
- Photo # NH 106271:
"A Cock Fight -- Standing By". Crew members of a U.S.
Navy ship prepare to release their fighting poultry, circa the
early or middle 1910s. Copyrighted by Enrique Muller, Jr., from
N. Moser.
- Photo # NH 102651:
Submarine G-2
(Submarine # 27) underway on the surface, prior to World
War I. By Enrique Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 77468:
Same view as Photo # NH 102651, but published in a different
form.
- Photo # NH 82569:
Submarine D-3
(Submarine # 19) underway, prior to World War I.
- Photo # NH 102649:
Submarine D-3 coming to the surface, prior to World War
I. By Enrique Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 102650:
Submarine D-3 underway submerged, with her periscope trained
on the camera, prior to World War I. By Enrique Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 77469:
Same view as Photo # NH 102650, but published in a different
form.
- Photo # NH 102652:
Submarine K-6
(Submarine # 77) operating on the surface, prior to World
War I. By Enrique Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 105430:
USS Prairie (1898-1923, later AD-5) -- probable identification
-- in a harbor prior to World War I. By E Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 94785:
USS Arizona
(Battleship # 39), off New York City, circa mid-1916. By
Enrique Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 105395:
USS Agamemnon
(ID # 3004) underway, in camouflage, 1918. By E Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 51396:
USS Leviathan
(ID # 1326) in camouflage, 1918. By E Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 105389:
Same subject, different angle.
- Photo # NH 105517:
Same subject, different angle.
- Photo # NH 2471:
USS Tenadores
(1918-1918) in camouflage, 1918. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 53884:
USS George Washington
(ID # 1326) circa December 1918. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 103188:
Same subject, circa December 1918 or early 1919. By E. Muller,
Jr.
- Photo # NH 105192:
USS Leviathan
(ID # 1326) in New York Harbor, crowded with troops returning
from France, March 1919.
- Photo # NH 70166:
USS Leviathan entering New York Harbor, March 1919. By
Enrique Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 104234:
USS Graf Waldersee
(ID # 4040) entering New York Harbor, circa April-August
1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 105432:
USS America
(ID # 3006) arriving in New York Harbor, 1919. By E Muller,
Jr.
- Photo # NH 105860:
USS Edward
Luckenbach (ID # 1662) arriving at New York, bringing troops
home from Europe, 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 105499:
USS Floridian
(ID # 3875) arriving in New York Harbor, 1919. By E Muller,
Jr.
- Photo # NH 105157:
USS Great Northern
(ID # 4569) underway in 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 104598:
USS Iowan
(ID # 3002) arriving in a U.S. port (probably New York) with
her decks crowded with troops returning from Europe, 1919. By
E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 103915:
USS K.I.
Luckenbach (ID # 2291) arriving at New York with troops
from France, 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 52043:
USS Kentuckian
(ID # 1544) returning to the U.S. with troops from France,
1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 104153:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 104599:
USS Kroonland
(ID # 1541) arriving in a U.S. port (probably New York) with
her decks crowded with troops returning from Europe, 1919. By
E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 105176:
USS Leviathan
(ID # 1326) in New York Harbor, 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 105384:
USS Louisville
(ID # 1644) steaming past the Statue of Liberty, 1919. By
E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 103144:
USS Manchuria
(ID # 1633) underway in 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 104800:
USS Matsonia
(ID # 1589) arriving in New York Harbor in 1919. By E. Muller,
Jr.
- Photo # NH 105771:
USS Mexican
(ID # 1655) arriving at New York in 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 102878:
USS Mobile
(ID # 4043) in New York Harbor, 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 46381:
Same subject as NH 102878
- Photo # NH 104956:
USS President
Grant (ID # 3014) in New York Harbor, 1919. By E. Muller,
Jr.
- Photo # NH
104956-A: Same basic image as NH 104956, but larger and more
detailed original print.
- Photo # NH 42411:
USS Pretoria
(1919-1919) in New York Harbor, 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 83195:
USS Rijndam
(ID # 2505), off New York City, circa 1919. By E. Muller,
Jr.
- Photo # NH 105703:
USS Roanoke
(ID # 1693), off New York City in 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 43287:
USS Santa Ana
(ID # 2869) off New York City with her decks crowded with
troops returning home from France, 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 103238:
USS Siboney
(ID # 2999) off New York City with her decks crowded with
troops returning home from France, 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH
103238-A: Version of Photo # NH 103238, copied from a "cleaner"
original print.
- Photo # NH 104946:
USS Tiger
(ID # 1640) arriving in New York Harbor with homeward-bound
troops from Europe, 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
- Photo # NH 97668:
USS Von Steuben
(ID # 3017) in New York Harbor, 1919. By E. Muller, Jr.
The following photograph shows the name and address of E.
Muller, Jr.:
NOTES:
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines
citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be correctly cited as:
"Naval History and Heritage Command".
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