Percy Claude Byron Explained

Percy Claude Byron (Clayton)
Birth Date:21 September 1878
Children:Joseph M. Byron
Grace Byron Murtaugh
Elizabeth Byron Luce
Relatives:Gustave May (brother in-law)

Perciful Claude Byron (September 21, 1878 – June 9, 1959) was an English photographer at the Byron Company in Manhattan.[1] [2] [3] Percy was "the premier maritime photographer of his generation".[4]

Biography

His father, Joseph Byron, was born in England in 1847 and opened the Byron Company in Manhattan in 1892. Perciful Claude Byron was born on September 21, 1878, in England. In 1935 he was the official photographer for the maiden voyage of the SS Normandie.[5] Percy was born in 1878 in Nottingham, England.[3] He founded the first photoengraving plant in Edmonton,Alberta, Canada (1906-16). He returned to his father's studio in 1917, Since 1917 he specialized in maritime photography while he lived on Staten Island.[6] In 1942 he closed the family studio because of World War II. He then went to work for the Essex Art Engraving Company of Newark, New Jersey, until he retired in December 1958 because of his ill health. He died in 1959 in Cranford, New Jersey.[1] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists & Innovators . 1983 . . Percy Claude Byron. Photographer. Born in Nottingham-on-the-Trent, England, in 1879, Byron died in Cranford, New Jersey, on June 10, 1959. ... . 0-02-517500-9 .
  2. Web site: Percy Claude Byron . 2009-02-12 . Born: Percy Claude Byron. Dates: 1879 - 1959. Born: England, Nottingham. Active: US. Gender: Male. Son of Joseph Byron who was a pioneer of stage ... . Luminous Lint .
  3. Web site: Byron Photography . 2009-02-10 . Founded by Joseph Byron (1847-1923), the son of an English commercial photographer, the Byron Company of New York specialized at first in making still photographs of theatrical productions and later, under the leadership of Joseph's son Percy (1878-1959), in photographing ships, especially big ocean liners. Together, this father and son team documented the turn of the century in New York City. . Byron Photography .
  4. Web site: Joseph Byron . 2009-02-10 . He loved New York's docks and instilled this love in Percy, who became the premier maritime photographer of his generation. . .
  5. News: The Apple . The Byron family came to New York from England in 1888. Once here, Joseph Byron began taking photos for newspapers and doing other freelance projects before opening his own studio in 1892. ... His son Percy became interested in ocean liners, cultivating the crews of the great ships the way his father had done with theater people, and was made the official photographer of the maiden voyage of the legendary Normandie in 1935. Several of his images are in the show. . . May 17, 1999 . 2009-02-12 .
  6. Web site: Percy Claude Byron in the World War I draft registration. 2009-02-12 . .
  7. News: Percy Byron Dies. Photographer, 80. Recorder of Turn-of-Century New York Scenes Aided in 'Once Upon a City'. It stood then either for Joseph Byron, the father, or Percy Byron, the son. ... Since 1917, Mr. Byron had made the photography of ships his specialty. ... . . July 11, 1959 .
  8. Web site: Byron Company Collection On Line . 2009-02-10 . Museum of the City of New York: Byron Company Collection On Line. This database contains digital images and descriptive information about individual works in the Byron Collection. The collection consists of over 22,000 photographs of New York City and its environs taken by the Byron Company between 1890 and 1942. . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090129221612/http://museumofnyc.doetech.net/voyager.cfm . 2009-01-29 .

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