Percy Claude Byron
Percy Claude Byron (Clayton) | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 21, 1878 |
| Died | June 9, 1959 (aged 80) |
| Employer | Byron Company |
| Children | Joseph M. Byron Grace Byron Murtaugh Elizabeth Byron Luce |
| Parent | Joseph Byron |
| 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.[5] In 1935 he was the official photographer for the maiden voyage of the SS Normandie.[6] 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.[5][7] 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.[7] He died in 1959 in Cranford, New Jersey.[1][7]
Publication
- Byron, Percy Claude (1958). Once Upon a City: New York from 1890 to 1910. Macmillan Publishers.
Archive
- 22,000 photos at the Museum of the City of New York between 1890 and 1942.[8] The collection was donated by Percy Claude Byron in 1942.[7]
References
- ^ a b Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists & Innovators. Macmillan Publishers. 1983. ISBN 0-02-517500-9.
Percy Claude Byron. Photographer. Born in Nottingham-on-the-Trent, England, in 1879, Byron died in Cranford, New Jersey, on June 10, 1959. ...
- ^ "Percy Claude Byron". Luminous Lint. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ a b "Byron Photography". Byron Photography. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Joseph Byron". University of South Carolina. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ a b "Percy Claude Byron in the World War I draft registration". Selective Service. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ "The Apple". New York Daily News. May 17, 1999. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ a b c d "Percy Byron Dies. Photographer, 80. Recorder of Turn-of-Century New York Scenes Aided in 'Once Upon a City'". New York Times. July 11, 1959.
- ^ "Byron Company Collection On Line". Museum of the City of New York. Archived from the original on 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
