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 "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 "The Janer Family, Staff and Guests at Janer")
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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 "The Interior of the Residence of Lillian Russell, New York by Byron Company")
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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 "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 "The Governor")
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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 "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 "A Piano by the Krakauer Piano Co., New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Recital in the Music Room 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-221610).jpg "A Nurse Washing Her Hands 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 "Girls working on a rooftop vegetable garden, Manhattan Bridge visible beyond, New York, 1910 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Group of Men of the National Cash Register Co. Posed in Front of the Broadway and 28th Street Branch, New York, 1916 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-178259).jpg "Backstage at the Irving Palace Theatre, New York, during a performance of")
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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 "Women wearing white smocks, in a sewing class, presumably during or associated with World War I, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Cast of an Amateur Production of")
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.jpg "Men and women in an open office at Parke, Davis und Co., chemists, Hudson und Vestry Streets, New York, 1910 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "William Norris Applying Makeup for His Character of the King")
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.jpg "A prizefighter en route to the ring at Manhattan Beach, 1895 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-176242).jpg "Annette Kellerman 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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.jpg "Oscar Hammerstein and two others at the Manhattan Opera House by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Five children playing and drinking at fountain in Madison Square, New York, 1901 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 "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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.jpg "The confectionery department at Sherry")
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.jpg "Archway leading into the dining room of the Hotel Woodward, Broadway and 55th Street, New York, 1920 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A woman lounging in a chair, reading a book by Byron Company")
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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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-233163).jpg "A Hardman Peck and Co. Player Piano, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of Police Marching in a New York City Police Parade, New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-144510).jpg "Portrait of Lola Fisher, c.1915 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Union Square Hotel at Union Square East and 15th Street, New York, 1905 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Men working in the printing plant at Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of Prince Louis of Battenberg arriving at Governor")
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.jpg "Alice Nielsen aboard a special train bound for Toronto, Canada, 1898 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-280459).jpg "Kyrle Bellew and friend at the piano in Bellew")
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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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 - (MeisterDrucke-256892).jpg "Alla Nazimova by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A Scene from an Amateur Production of The Taming of the Shrew Presented at Barnard College, New York by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-308098).jpg "The Hotel Woodward, Broadway and 55th Street, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of children buying drinks from a peddler on Hester Street, New York, 1898 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-305064).jpg "William Courtenay, 1914 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 "Three women and a man walking at the Narragansett Pier with itinerant photographer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-188771).jpg "View of Equipment and Railroad Tracks in the Panama Canal During Its Construction by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Clarence Mackay with his children in the library of Harbor Hill, in Roslyn, Long Island by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-151833).jpg "Labour leader John Burns by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of two railroad trains on tracks along a mountain, presumably on or near the Panama Canal by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-258036).jpg "Hotel Records Office, New York, 1908 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-321440).jpg "Elsie Ferguson, 1917 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-197221).jpg "A scene from The Junior Show, an amateur production presented by underclassmen at Barnard College, New York c.1905 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-154618).jpg "A Scene from an Amateur Production of a Play Titled When Mr. Shakespeare Comes to Town Presented at Barnard College, New York by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-164940).jpg "Blind men recaning chairs at the Bourne Memorial Building, New York, 1920 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-318180).jpg "Emma Dunn by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of Governor Theodore Roosevelt leading Troop A in the Dewey Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-166449).jpg "Madame Frances Saville at Home, 1895 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 "David Belasco standing holding a dictionary, after 1909 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-257015).jpg "The Lobby at the Hotel McAlpin, 1913 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 "Dining Room at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Aerial view of men marching in the Republican Gold Standard Parade on Broadway at City Hall Park, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Men and Women Working at Desks in an Office at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue, New York, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Group portrait of female employees with one man, presumably Mr. Maillard, at Maillard")
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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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.jpg "Men and Women with Children at a Drinking Fountain in Madison Square Park, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Blind woman, presumably Charlotte Rohr, working with a braille press, dictaphone and stereotype, New York, 1933 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. I. M. Clark standing with an open book, 1904 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Dr. Worman, proprietor of")
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.jpg "The Lobby and Registration Desk at the Hotel Victoria by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-186683).jpg "Women packaging candy at Maillard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-296528).jpg "A room at the Hotel Cadillac by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Author Lorimer Stoddard, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A women")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-179107).jpg "Professor De Kolta on Stage with Two Women 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-260625).jpg "May Robson, 1901 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, 1900 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-148022).jpg "Clara De Regand pointing to a score while a man plays the piano by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of an unidentified woman at a desk in an office in New York by Byron Company")
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