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, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Janer family, staff and guests at Janer")
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.jpg "The interior of the residence of Lillian Russell, New York, 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, 1934 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-221610).jpg "A nurse washing her hands, 1928 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Chef in the kitchen at Janer")
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.jpg "View of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and the J. J. Astor Residence along Fifth Avenue at 33rd and 34th Streets, New York, 1895 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 "Interior View of an Open Office Floor at Perkins, Goodwin and Co. at 72 5th Avenue, New York, c. 1905 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 "Girls working on a rooftop vegetable garden, Manhattan Bridge visible beyond, New York, 1910 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A Piano by the Krakauer Piano Co., New York, between 1895-1915 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-222576).jpg "Martha Morton at Home, 1902 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-151833).jpg "Labour leader John Burns, 1893-4 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 "Rear Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans on the deck of the U.S.S. Maine, 1906 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 "Interior view of men and women working with leather at the New York Leather Belting Co., New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "North east corner of Hotel Cadillac at Broadway and 43rd Street, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of the Hotel Knickerbocker, Broadway and 42nd Street, New York, 1912 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-275168).jpg "Marshal Foch on SS")
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.jpg "Interior view of women working in the order department at International Magazine Co., 119 West 40th Street, New York 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 "Thomas Edison standing next to a phonograph in his laboratory, 1920 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-289064).jpg "Wine cellar at the Hotel Knickerbocker, 1906 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Hattie Williams Seated with Driver in One of New York City")
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.jpg "Interior view of a banquet room set for a dinner in honour of Prince Louis of Battenberg")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-278884).jpg "Hotel La Salle, 30 East 60th Street, New York, 1920 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-198588).jpg "View of Cleopatra")
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.jpg "Steward and assistant at Sherry")
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.jpg "Men Working in an Office at Maillard")
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.jpg "William Norris Applying Makeup for His Character of the King")
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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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.jpg "The South West Room of the Penthouse at the Hotel St. Regis 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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.jpg "Men Working in the Hardman, Peck und Co. Piano Factory, New York, 1907 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of Women and Children Seated on Benches in Central Park, New York, 1898 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of a woman pushing children on the swings at Tompkins Square Park, on Arbor Day, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Interior view of a hairdressing booth at the Charles of the Ritz beauty salon at B. Altman und Co. by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Elbridge Thomas Gerry Residence at 61st Street, from Across Fifth Avenue, New York, 1899 or 1900 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 "Interior View of Girls in a Waiting Room at the People")
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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 "Corse Payton and Wife in His Fulton Street Theatre, New York, 1903 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Chefs eating lunch at Sherry")
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.jpg "The entrance and lobby of the Robert Treat Hotel, Newark, New Jersey, 1916 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-187535).jpg "Seven African American men walking away from Grant")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-166375).jpg "Waiters in the Palm Court at Sherry")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-187656).jpg "Cooks Working in the Kitchen at Maillard")
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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-179433).jpg "Interior view of young men peering out of bathing stalls at the People")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-237614).jpg "The Old King Cole Bar at the Hotel Knickerbocker, 1906 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-191097).jpg "Interior View of Three Men in the Library at the People")
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.jpg "A women")
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.jpg "Anna Held and Florenz Ziegfeld driving a horsedrawn carriage, New York, 1904 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-269432).jpg "Reception Room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1915 or 1916 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. Elliott or Her Female Relative 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-295728).jpg "The Laundry Room at the Hotel McAlpin, 1913 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-146194).jpg "Mrs. Robert Osborn, 1902 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-270984).jpg "Mrs. K. Duer at Her Desk, New York, 1906 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "People on park benches in Union Square, New York, 1898 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-145886).jpg "Portrait of Mrs. I. M. Clark standing by a piano, 1904 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-160377).jpg "Dining Room at the Hotel Knickerbocker, 1906 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Cast of an Amateur Production of")
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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 "The houses between 67th and 68th Streets, including the George Gould residence, New York, 1900-01 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Stables of the Edwin Gould Estate at Rhinecliffe or Rhinebeck by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-207147).jpg "Aerial view of Riverside Park, looking northeast, New York, c.1893 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "Count Tamemoto Tamesada Kuroki upon his arrival in New York, c.1900 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 "Model of the set of an unidentified play designed by Ernest Gros, 1899 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-300696).jpg "William Thomas Smedley, c.1897 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-179548).jpg "Mrs. I. M. Clark at the piano, 1904 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-194930).jpg "Mrs. I. M. Clark seated at a grand piano, 1904 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, 1900 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 "A women")
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.jpg "View of street vendors selling French mixed candy and other goods near 6th Avenue, New York by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-162505).jpg "Waiters at Hotel Delmonico, 1902 by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of Buildings and Wharves at Balboa, Panama, the Pacific Entrance to the Canal by Byron Company")
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.jpg "The Governor")
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.jpg "Tables set for the Electric Club")
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.jpg "Michel Jacobs and Benson playing dominoes by Byron Company")
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.jpg "View of the Hotel Embassy at Broadway and 70th Street, New York by Byron Company")
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.jpg "A small room in the Mrs. Leslie Carter residence in New York, 1904 by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-163960).jpg "View of an underwater explosion, with water rising out of the surface, during the construction of the Panama Canal, 1913 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-145059).jpg "Stairway and lobby at the Park Avenue Hotel, 1901 or 1902 by Byron Company")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-236497).jpg "View of Hotel Rudolf, Atlantic City, New Jersey by Byron Company")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-318180).jpg "Emma Dunn, c.1915 by Byron Company")
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