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词条 Joseph Byron
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  1. Biography

  2. Archive

  3. References

  4. External links

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| caption =Byron in a self portrait circa 1910–1920 in a distorted in a wide angle lens
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| birth_date =January 1847
| birth_place =Nottingham, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1923|5|28|1847|1|1}} | death_place =New York City
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| employer =Byron Company
| occupation =Photographer
| spouse = Julia Lewin
| children =Percy Claude Byron (1878–1959)
Mrs. Herbert Horne
Mrs. David Stott
Florence Mabel Byron
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}}Joseph Byron (January 1847 – May 28, 1923) was an English photographer who founded the Byron Company in Manhattan.[1][1][2]

Biography

He was born in England in January 1847.[3] His father, grandfather, and greatgrandfather were photographers.[2] 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 (1880–?), and Georgina Byron (1883–?).[3][7] In 1892 he opened his commercial studio in Manhattan.[4] Byron's specialty was photographing Broadway shows and other stage productions.[7] His son was the photographer Percy Claude Byron.[5] Percy was "the premier maritime photographer of his generation". Joseph Byron worked for The New York Times in the 1890s.[6] He died on May 28, 1923 in Manhattan.[7]

Archive

  • 22,000 photos at the Museum of the City of New York from between 1890 and 1942.[8]

References

1. ^{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Oxford Companion to American Theater |year=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |quote=Byron, Joseph (1844 [sic]–1923). photographer. One of the leading photographers of the American stage, he was born in Nottingham, England, and came to this country in 1888. Three years later he began to photograph theatrical productions. Many of the most famous stage pictures of the early 20th century were his. Byron's heirs continued to operate the firm until 1942. | url=http://www.answers.com/topic/joseph-byron |isbn= }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.byronphoto.com/aboutme.asp |title=Byron Photography |accessdate=2009-02-10 |quote=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. |publisher=Byron Photography |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528121436/http://www.byronphoto.com/aboutme.asp |archivedate=2010-05-28 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1900_census_Byron.jpg |title=Byron family in the 1900 US census |accessdate=2009-02-12 |quote= |publisher=1900 US Census |via=Wikimedia Commons}}
4. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Apple |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1999/05/17/1999-05-17_the_apple_of_photo_dynasty_s.html |quote=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. |work=New York Daily News |date=May 17, 1999 |accessdate=2009-02-12 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
5. ^{{cite news |first= Leca!|last= To|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Percy Byron Dies. Photographer, 80. Recorder of Turn-of-Century New York Scenes Aided in 'Once Upon a City' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/06/11/archives/percy-byron-dies-photographer-80-recorder-of-turnofcentury-new-york.html |quote=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. ... |work=The New York Times |date=July 11, 1959 |accessdate=2009-02-10 }}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://broadway.cas.sc.edu/index.php?action=showPhotographer&id=20 |title=Joseph Byron |accessdate=2009-02-10 |quote=London born, Joseph Byron was the son and grandson of photographers. |publisher=University of South Carolina }}
7. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Joseph Byron |quote=Joseph Byron, a photographer, died yesterday at his home, 1695 Broadway. He was 77 years old. |work=The New York Times |date=May 29, 1923 }}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://museumofnyc.doetech.net/voyager.cfm |title=Byron Company Collection On Line |accessdate=2009-02-10 |quote=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. |publisher=Museum of the City of New York }}

External links

{{Commons category|Joseph Byron}}
  • {{Gutenberg author | id=Byron,+Joseph | name=Joseph Byron}}
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