John Beagles (1844 – 8 January 1907) was an English printer and publisher, especially of real photo postcards, through his company, J. Beagles & Co.
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Early life
John Beagles was born in Whaplode Drove,[2] Lincolnshire, in 1844 to John and Jane Beagles, and christened on 11 June 1844.[3] His father was a "butcher master".[4] In 1861, John Beagles junior was recorded as a "pupil teacher".[5]
J. Beagles & Co.
In the 1891 census, Beagles was recorded as a "photographic publisher" in Nottingham in the household of Thomas William Stevenson, printer, who would later be his executor.[6] Later, he traded as J. Beagles & Co. from Little Britain, London, E.C.
Beagles and his successors produced a wide variety of postcards that included celebrities, stars of stage and screen, topographical and view cards in their Phototint series, and Louis Wain's Matrimonial Cats.[7] The company also published a long series of scenes of London life such as The Telegraph Messenger and The Shoe Black,[8] and humorous cards during the First World War.[9] Often they republished, in postcard form, photographic portraits made by others.[10]
The business continued as J. Beagles & Co. Ltd. after Beagles' death.[11]
Death
Beagles died at his home, 9 Rockley Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, on 8 January 1907. Probate was granted in London to Thomas William Stevenson on an estate of £554.[12]
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