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 "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 "A Piano by the Krakauer Piano Co., 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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.jpg "The Governor")
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.jpg "The Janer Family, Staff and Guests 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 "The Interior of the Residence of Lillian Russell, 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-222576).jpg "Martha Morton at Home, 1902 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 "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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 - (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 "Mabel Taliaferro working on a sculpture in her studio, New York, c.1916 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 "Girls working on a rooftop vegetable garden, Manhattan Bridge visible beyond, New York, 1910 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Recital in the Music Room at Janer")
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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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-206693).jpg "Eva Fay at Hammerstein")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-295728).jpg "The Laundry Room at the Hotel McAlpin, 1913 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-190900).jpg "Women playing a player piano and a violin, New York, 1907 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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.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 "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 "Group Portrait of Sydney Dillon Ripley with Three Others at the James Hazen Hyde Ball, New York, January 31, 1905 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-164781).jpg "The kitchen at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, c.1910-11 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The music room of the Louis XVI Suite at the Hotel St. Regis by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Mrs. Clarence Mackay and child in the portico of Harbor Hill, Long Island 1898-1910 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A press room at the McCall Publishing Co., New York, 1913 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-194001).jpg "Blind man placing iron hoops on brooms at the Bourne Memorial Building, New York, 1921 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-171589).jpg "Men and women working on clothing designs in the art department at McCall")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-181790).jpg "A showroom of the New England Piano Co., 1895 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Lillian Russell in costume on the set of a production at Proctor")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-187152).jpg "Portrait of the portrait painter Richard Hall, 1903 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-148394).jpg "Marshall P. Wilder listening to a record on a victrola in his office by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. Elliott or Her Female Relative 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 peddlers selling toys and other items in front of the Fuller or Flatiron Building at Broadway, 5th Avenue and 23rd Street, New York 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 "The silver polishing department at Sherry")
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.jpg "Thomas Edison and His Second Wife in His Laboratory, 1906 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-145966).jpg "View from Above 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 "Men working in an office at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue, New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-173106).jpg "Woman playing the piano while three girls sing at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th Street, New York, c.1917 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of young women in a cart in the Street Cleaners")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-207717).jpg "Portrait of Pauline Frederick, c.1914 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-162138).jpg "Nurse and a boy patient having an eye test at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th Street, New York, 1930 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-201188).jpg "Malcolm Strauss in his studio in New York, c.1895 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. Taylor of")
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.jpg "Blind Man Labeling Brooms at the Bourne Memorial Building, New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-254783).jpg "Artist Working on a Painting, 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-150292).jpg "Interior view of men working with leather at the New York Leather Belting Co., New York, 1905 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The John D. Crimmins residence at 40 East 68th Street, New York, 1898 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Two Men in the Office of the Chief Engineers of R. Martens und Co. Inc, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Maud Powell and Two Accompanists by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Women typing in an office of the Mantle Co. of America, New York, 1915 or 1916 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Lobby and Registration Desk at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-145706).jpg "A boxing match between Robert Prometheus Fitzsimmons and Bosworth on the day of a bicycle race at Manhattan Beach, New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-165594).jpg "Women seated for a meal in the dining at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Procession Associated with the Dedication of Grant")
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.jpg "Taken from the Stage of an Audience at a Coloured Party in the Auditorium of the New York Association for the Blind, 111 New York East 59th Street, New York, 1937 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of Boys Playing Basketball on a Court at Tompkins Square Park on Arbor Day, New York, 1904 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A prizefighter en route to the ring at Manhattan Beach, 1895 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Chefs eating lunch at Sherry")
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.jpg "Blind young women and a teacher sewing in a classroom at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th Street, New York, 1921 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Sailors from the U.S.S.")
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.jpg "Young men working in a mailroom at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue, New York, 1907 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-187656).jpg "Cooks Working in the Kitchen at Maillard")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-194782).jpg "Richard Croker with crowd, 1899 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Maude Fealy seated at a typewriter, c.1915 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Group portrait at the James Hazen Hyde Ball, New York, January 31, 1905 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Edna Wallace Hopper hitting a punching bag at Jack Cooper")
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.jpg "Thomas Edison Standing Next to a Phonograph in His Laboratory, 1920 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Professor Atkinson with a Male Patient, 1898 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-230235).jpg "The Dutch Room at the Hotel Manhattan, 1902 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-180279).jpg "Florence Reed by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of a blind, deaf and dumb young woman spinning wool at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th St., New York by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-284678).jpg "Kitchen Staff at the Hotel Manhattan by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of the author Lorimer Stoddard with his wife and son, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of a Woman Feeding a Squirrel While a Man Looks On in the Snow at Central Park, New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-146194).jpg "Mrs. Robert Osborn by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-230443).jpg "Portrait of Miss Gresham by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Three women and a man walking at the Narragansett Pier with itinerant photographer")
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.jpg "Man and woman playing a player piano, New York, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Steward and assistant at Sherry")
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.jpg "Annie Russell by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of Opera Singer Antonio Scotti with an Unidentified Man and Woman at the James Hazen Hyde Ball, New York, January 31, 1905 by Byron Company")
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