Charles Peter Gabriel Moulin (1872–1945) was an American photographer. He took architectural photographs of building exteriors and interiors as well as views of San Francisco. He also took photographs of people and performances at the

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and was official photographer for the

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. he photographed illustrator

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, sculptor

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, and botanist

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. His photographs are part of collections at The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley, the

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and the

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. Moulin was born in San Jose and moved to San Francisco with his family when he was eight. He worked for photographers Isaiah West Taber, Max Karras, and R. J. Waters. He photographed the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition in San Francisco's

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. Moulin Studios opened in 1909 and has continued for 3 generations. Moulin photographed the

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and the construction of the

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. He also photographed the

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under construction, Portsmouth Plaza, and Pines Estate and members of the Bowles family in Oakland. He also photographed the Cordelia A. Culbertson House.

Gallery

File:San Francisco, the financial, commercial and industrial metropolis of the Pacific Coast- official records, statistics and encyclopedia (1915) (14591710948).jpg, Aerial view of San Francisco File:Photocopy of photograph (original print in files of Milton T. Pflueger, AIA) Gabriel Moulin Studios, Photographer 1932 PROSCENIUM, LOOKING FROM BALCONY - Paramount Theatre, 2025 HABS CAL,1-OAK,9-21.tif, Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California File:Post-1911 under sail. Gabriel Moulin photographer. (P80-8 8084.3n) - Ship BALCLUTHA, 2905 Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA HAER CAL,38-SANFRA,200-128.tif, ''Balcutha'' under sail File:View of San Francisco business district from California St., Apr. 28, 1922 LCCN91729129.tif, San Francisco's Business District, 1922 File:1907 Cremation of Care.jpg, Cremation of Care ceremony at the Bohemian Grove, 1907

Bibliography

*''Our Bridges: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge'' (1936) *''Gabriel Moulin's San Francisco Peninsula: Town & Country Homes, 1910-1930 (1985)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moulin, Gabriel Photographers from San Francisco 1872 births 1945 deaths Artists from San Jose, California 19th-century American photographers 20th-century American photographers American architectural photographers