Gotham Comes of Age: New York Through the Lens of the Byron Company, 1892-1942

by Peter Simmons, Museum of the City of New York (Collaborator), E.L. Doctorow (Introduction)

Book by Peter Simmons

Genres: History, New York, Nonfiction

216 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kay Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Joseph Byron began a photography business in New York City in the late 1800s. With his son Percy Byron and several family assistants, he built a successful documentary enterprise that lasted until 1942.

Joseph Byron's most popular subjects were actors and actresses in theater productions. He also accumulated a vast library of photographs of New York people, neighborhoods, homes, businesses, and ships. Percy Byron donated the photograph collection to the Museum of the City of New York.

The photographs in this collection are high-quality reproductions with accompanying text on the history of each photograph.

[Troy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful photographic memoir of turn of the century New York City through the photos of Joseph and Percy Byron.