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 "A Piano by the Krakauer Piano Co., New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-222576).jpg "Martha Morton at Home, 1902 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Chef in the kitchen at Janer")
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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 "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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.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 "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 "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 "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 "Girls working on a rooftop vegetable garden, Manhattan Bridge visible beyond, New York, 1910 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 "Mabel Taliaferro working on a sculpture in her studio, New York, c.1916 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Recital in the Music Room at Janer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-176242).jpg "Annette Kellerman 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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.jpg "View of the explosion from blowing up the Gamboa Dike during the construction of the Panama Canal, 1913 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Rear Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans on the Deck of the U.S.S. Maine, 1906 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-301010).jpg "Portrait of Hazel Dawn by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A scene from an amateur production of a play titled Angelina, The Orphaned Heiress presented at Barnard College, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Blind News Dealer, Aaron Weintraub, at His Stand at the South East Corner of 7th Avenue and 32nd Street, New York, 1930 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-221133).jpg "Mary Nash at Home by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-190102).jpg "View of West Point cadets in the Dewey Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York, 1899 by Byron Company")
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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-186683).jpg "Women packaging candy at Maillard")
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.jpg "Thomas Edison and His Second Wife in His Laboratory, 1906 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Interior View of Young Women Standing in Front of Bathing Stalls at the People")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-196220).jpg "Theodore Edison and his music teacher at the piano, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Hotel McAlpin, 34th Street and Broadway, New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-256892).jpg "Alla Nazimova by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-166375).jpg "Waiters in the Palm Court at Sherry")
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.jpg "Mrs. Clarence Mackay with her children at Harbor Hill, Long Island by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Blind woman working at a loom at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th Street, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Cooks at the broiler in the kitchen of the Hotel Commodore, 1919 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Labour Leaders Samuel Gompers, John Burns and Holmes by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-182152).jpg "Portrait of Otto Kahn posed on a horse on the bridle path in Central Park, New York by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-284576).jpg "The Ladies")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-146194).jpg "Mrs. Robert Osborn 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-278884).jpg "Hotel La Salle, 30 East 60th Street, New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-165972).jpg "A Man Playing a Player Piano in a Piano Showroom in New York, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Crowd Watching a Polevaulter at the Hudson Bank Gymnasium and Playground, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A Young Man Working in the Harrington Piano Co. Factory, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Exhibit of a fire detection system by the Montauk Fire Detecting Wire Co. at the Museum of Safety Appliances of the American Institute of Social Service, 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-194914).jpg "The Head Waiter at Sherry")
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.jpg "Women working at the switchboard at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue, New York, 1907 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-262753).jpg "Mrs. Lottie B. Parker, 1901 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-208297).jpg "Young boys with flags marching in a parade at Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1898 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Cooks Working in the Kitchen at Maillard")
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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 "Blind Man Labeling Brooms at the Bourne Memorial Building, New York 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-199643).jpg "The meat house at Hotel Delmonico, 1902 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of General McAlpin and John Jacob Astor leading a horseback parade of the Governor")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-160377).jpg "Dining Room at the Hotel Knickerbocker, 1906 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-258036).jpg "Hotel Records Office, New York, 1908 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Women packaging patterns at McCall")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-154957).jpg "The verandah and conservatory of the main house on F.G. Bourne")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-294883).jpg "Crystal Herne by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of Robert Abram Bartlett by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Chefs eating lunch at Sherry")
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.jpg "Edna Wallace Hopper posed in a boxing ring with Jack Cooper at his gymnasium at Broadway and 37th Street, New York, 1899 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Tables set for the Electric Club")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-291415).jpg "Viola Allen, c.1903 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Thomas Edison Standing Next to a Phonograph in His Laboratory, 1920 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-199928).jpg "A woman walking down a sidewalk, New York, 1896-98 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Tallest Policeman at the Hotel Commodore, 1922 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-189583).jpg "Portrait of Miss Gresham by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-190151).jpg "Children in a long line being led by a woman on Arbor Day at Tompkins Square Park, New York, 1904 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-178636).jpg "Martha Morton in Her Library, 1902 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-204375).jpg "Mayor McClellan, 1904 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-205993).jpg "A female model posing in the studio of illustrator Malcolm Strauss, c.1895 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-191948).jpg "Thomas Edison in His Laboratory, 1920 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-294377).jpg "Harrison Fisher and Model by Byron Company")
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.jpg "John Francis Murphy in his studio at The Chelsea, West 23rd Street, New York, c.1895 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Rear Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans shaking hands with another man, 1906 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Amelia Summerville in costume as the")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-148022).jpg "Clara De Regand pointing to a score while a man plays the piano 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-267075).jpg "Bijou Fernandez, 1902 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Edgar Smith with his daughter on the steps of his residence in Elmhurst, Long Island, 1902-3 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The living room in the home of Mr. John A. Dunbar, 50 East 77th Street, New York, 1931 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Eastman Johnson with brush in hand, working on portrait of President Harrison in his studio, New York 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 "Display of cold meat in the kitchen of the Commodore Hotel, 1919 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-269961).jpg "Kahleen MacDonell 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-207458).jpg "Cooks Working in the Kitchen at Maillard")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-241741).jpg "Marshal Foch on SS")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-158895).jpg "Biograph Man, 1899 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of the Murray Hill Hotel, Park Avenue and 40th Street, New York by Byron Company")
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