Joseph Byron (January 1847 – May 28, 1923) was an
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photographer who founded the
Byron Company
The Byron Company is a New York City photography studio in Manhattan that was founded in 1892. It is "one of New York's pre-eminent commercial photography studios" that "documented the essence of New York City life". Percy Byron, the son of the f ...
in Manhattan.
Biography
He was born in England in January 1847.
His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were photographers.
[ He received a commission from the British government to photograph the conditions in English coal mines. He emigrated to the United States in 1888 with his children, ]Percy Claude Byron
Perciful Claude Byron (September 21, 1878 – June 9, 1959) was an English photographer at the Byron Company in Manhattan. Percy was "the premier maritime photographer of his generation".
Biography
His father, Joseph Byron, was born in England i ...
, Florence Mabel Byron (1880–?), and Georgina Byron (1883–?).[ In 1892 he opened his commercial studio in Manhattan. Byron's specialty was photographing ]Broadway show
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Th ...
s and other stage productions.[ His son was the photographer ]Percy Claude Byron
Perciful Claude Byron (September 21, 1878 – June 9, 1959) was an English photographer at the Byron Company in Manhattan. Percy was "the premier maritime photographer of his generation".
Biography
His father, Joseph Byron, was born in England i ...
.The New York Times
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'' in the 1890s.
Archive
*22,000 photos at the Museum of the City of New York
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from between 1890 and 1942.
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1847 births
1923 deaths
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Artists from Nottingham
19th-century English photographers
19th-century American photographers
Photographers from Nottinghamshire
British emigrants to the United States