John White (1850 – 1932) was a British photographer and postcard publisher, and

Littlehampton Littlehampton is a town, seaside resort, and pleasure harbour, and the most populous civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the English Channel on the eastern bank of the mouth of the River Arun. It is south sout ...

's leading photographer in the 1880s and 1890s. By 1903, he had taken his son Arthur Harold White into the business and was trading as J. White & Son.

Early life

John White was born in

Lyminster Lyminster is a village that is the main settlement of Lyminster and Crossbush civil parish, in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It borders, to the south, Littlehampton, which has its town centre away. Landmarks Church The Church of E ...

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

in 1850, one of seven children of Thomas White, cattle dealer and drover, and his wife Betsy Cheal.

Career

White set up a photographic studio at 11 River Road,

, Sussex, in about 1874, with the money coming from "a monetary award that was made to him for his part in providing information which led to the apprehension of a smuggler". In June 1876, he relocated to 32 High Street, Littlehampton, and stayed there for more than twenty years. By 1903, he had taken his son Arthur Harold White into the business and was trading as J. White & Son, and in 1904 was employing about a dozen people. It is estimated that J. White & Son produced at least 2-3,000 different postcards.

Personal life

On 20 July 1876, White married Alice Arnott, the daughter of Mary and Frederick Arnott, a London coachman from

Shepherd's Bush Shepherd's Bush is a district of West London, England, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham west of Charing Cross, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Although primarily residential in character, i ...

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1850 births 1932 deaths Photographers from Sussex Postcard publishers People from Littlehampton People from Lyminster {{publish-stub