Joseph Byron

Joseph Byron was an English photographer who founded the Byron Company in Manhattan.

Biography

Byron was born in England in January 1847. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all great 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], Florence Mabel Byron, and Georgina Byron. In 1892 he opened his commercial studio in Manhattan.
Byron's specialty was photographing Broadway shows and other stage productions. Byron also documented life in New York City with his camera: street scenes, theater performances, leisure activities and the American upper class.
His son was the photographer Percy Claude Byron. Percy was "the premier maritime photographer of his generation". Byron worked for The [New York Times] in the 1890s. He died on May 28, 1923, in Manhattan.

Archive

22,000 photos at the Museum of the [City of New York] from between 1890 and 1942.