Soon after entering the USA in 1888, Joseph Byron, who was born in London, began to make his own way with press photos. In 1892 he opened the New York City Photo Studio in Manhattan with his son Percy Claude.
While Joseph Byron specialized in taking pictures of theatre scenes, Percy Claude established himself as a naval photographer, especially with shots of large ocean liners and ship crews. He received an official commission for pictures of the maiden voyage of the passenger steamer "Normandy", 1935.
Both father and son convincingly documented the atmosphere of the metropolis New York with their photographs. As visual witnesses of the period around the turn of the century up to the early 1940s, they reflected the life and culture of the metropolis in a unique way. Alongside and in their preferred subjects, they are pictures of people of all kinds and occupations,
Protagonists of everyday life in all its diversity, which come together in this photographic work like a mosaic. This also includes portraits of prominent representatives of public life in private interiors or outside them.
But the room itself is also a theme. It ranges from the workshop workplace to the silhouette of the New York skyline. One of these spectacular photos shows an aerial view of City Hall and the Post Office. From a distance or up close: It is the immediacy, the snapshot and the realistic scene that makes these photos so credible.
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.jpg "Fashion Photograph of a Woman Modelling a Hat, New York, 1890-1910 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Hotel Delmonico at 44th Street and 5th Avenue, New York, 1898 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Men and one woman working at desks in an office at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A Piano by the Krakauer Piano Co., New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Janer Family, Staff and Guests at Janer")
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.jpg "The Governor")
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.jpg "The Interior of the Residence of Lillian Russell, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of the Crowds Near the Waldorf Astoria Hotel at 34th Street During the Dewey Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York, 1899 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-222576).jpg "Martha Morton at Home, 1902 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and the J. J. Astor Residence along 5th Avenue at 33rd and 34th Street, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Girls working on a rooftop vegetable garden, Manhattan Bridge visible beyond, New York, 1910 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-221610).jpg "A Nurse Washing Her Hands by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Chef in the kitchen at Janer")
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.jpg "A mother and child in a hospital bed, New York, c.1937 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Cooks working in the kitchen of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel at 34th Street and 5th Avenue, New York, 1903 or 1904 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "African American man playing the organ at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th Street, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Interior view of an open office floor at Perkins, Goodwin und Co. at 72 5th Avenue, New York, c.1905 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Recital in the Music Room at Janer")
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.jpg "Mabel Taliaferro working on a sculpture in her studio, New York, c.1916 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Chinese Statesman Li Hung-Chang on His Visit to the U.S., 1896 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A Scene from an Amateur Production of a Play Titled The Butterflies Presented at Barnard College, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Thomas Edison and His Second Wife in His Laboratory, 1906 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-165334).jpg "Robert Edeson, His Wife and Daughter at the Piano, c.1915 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Hotel Victoria, South East Corner of Broadway and 27th Street, New York, 1900 or 1901 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Elbridge Thomas Gerry residence at 61st Street, from across 5th Avenue, New York by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-269432).jpg "Reception Room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1915 or 1916 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-154379).jpg "Interior View of a Man Working with Leather at the New York Leather Belting Co., New York, 1906 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Thomas Edison and an Interviewer in His Laboratory by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A scene from an amateur production of a play titled The Manoeuvers of Jane presented at Barnard College, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Andrew Carnegie Mansion from 5th Avenue at 91st Street, New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-308003).jpg "Thomas Edison in his laboratory, 1906 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Annie Russell by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of Cleopatra")
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.jpg "Tree-lined drive at the home of Thomas Edison (1907) by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-204884).jpg "A man on a rooftop dressed in a traditional military uniform, holding a rifle by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-300568).jpg "Portrait of Ina Claire by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The confectionery department at Sherry")
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.jpg "A scene from an amateur production of a play titled The Royal Family by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Artist Louis Loeb Painting a Portrait of Eleanor Robson by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Two babies sitting up in bed, one being supported by a nurse, the other holding a toy car and crying at the Maternity Center Association at 70th Street East River, New York, 1935 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A Portrait Photographer")
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.jpg "Sailors from the U.S.S.")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-221449).jpg "Portrait of Thomas Platt, 1898 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A Scene from an Amateur Production of a Play Titled School by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Rear Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans and Captain John Elliott Pillsbury on the Deck of the U.S.S. Marine, 1906 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "An Actress in Costume Rehearsing on the Roof of What is Probably the New York Theatre, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A banana cart, New York, c.1900 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Amelia Summerville in costume as the")
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.jpg "Guest Taking Tea at the Hotel Marie Antoinette, 1895 or 1896 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Interior view of a man working with leather at the New York Leather Belting Co., New York, 1906 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-277366).jpg "Florence Reed by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-202592).jpg "Florence Reed by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-241807).jpg "E. W. Eton Working on a Painting, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Men Working in the Hardman, Peck und Co. Piano Factory, New York, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of the Hotel Majestic at 72nd Street from Across Central Park West, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Two men, pony and cart, New York, 1910 or 1911 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-167808).jpg "Crystal Herne by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-148478).jpg "View of the Gatun Locks on the Panama Canal, during construction by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A young actor in the costume of Julius Caesar of the set of an amateur production of Julius Caesar by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of the Crowd and a Marching Military Group in the Dewey Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Lobby and Registration Desk at the Hotel Victoria by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-275168).jpg "Marshal Foch on SS")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-230443).jpg "Portrait of Miss Gresham by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-153591).jpg "Blind man fastening straw on broom handles at the Bourne Memorial Building, New York, 1921 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-202897).jpg "A Scene from an Amateur Revue Titled Barnardesia Presented at Barnard College, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A scene from an amateur production of a play titled My Lord in Livery by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Man and woman playing a player piano, New York, 1907 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-180279).jpg "Florence Reed by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-158686).jpg "View of a Military Group by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Marconi and His Wireless Telegraph Apparatus, 1899-1900 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Model of the set of an unidentified play designed by Ernest Gros, 1906 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of Ernest Gross, scenic designer, sitting in his studio at his drafting table, 1908-9 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of Two Boats in the Panama Canal During its Construction with a Suspension Bridge Beyond, 1913 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Two Women with a Piano and Recording Equipment, 1907 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-189583).jpg "Portrait of Miss Gresham by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Interior View of Women at Dictating Machines at the New York Edison Co., 55 Duane Street, New York, 1910 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Governor")
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.jpg "The cast of an amateur production of an unidentified play presented at Barnard College by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-216613).jpg "The restaurant at Murray")
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.jpg "View of Large Digging Machines Working on the Construction of the Panama Canal by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Group of young men and women posed at the People")
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.jpg "Immigrants at Battery Park, New York, N.Y., c.1900 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Five actresses in costume rehearsing on the roof of what is probably the New York Theatre, New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-317959).jpg "Edgar Smith by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-256892).jpg "Alla Nazimova by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Plaza Hotel under Construction, 5th Avenue and 59th Street, New York, c.1907 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-150345).jpg "Four Men, One Playing an H. Bruman Co. Player Piano, 1907 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-266981).jpg "A piano showroom, New York, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A scene from an amateur production of an unidentified play presented at Barnard College, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Bronze cast of the right hand of Arthur Rubinstein, 1906 by Byron Company")
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_and_the_crowd_present_at_the_unveilin_-_(MeisterDrucke-155922).jpg "Heinrich Heine Monument (Lorelei Fountain) and the Crowd Present at the Unveiling, Grand Concourse and 164th Street, The Bronx, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of Robert Abram Bartlett by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Mutual Film Co., 1600 Broadway, New York, 1918 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-281491).jpg "The laundry room at the Hotel McAlpin, 1913 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-187523).jpg "Will R. Barnes in His Studio by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-224360).jpg "Thomas Edison in his laboratory, 1920 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of Women Marching in a Parade of the Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic, New York, May 1895 by Byron Company")
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 (silver gelatin print) - (MeisterDrucke-224067).jpg "Cecilia Radcliffe (Mrs. Gilmore) by Byron Company")
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