Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Caption |
N-14B-1 |
Description |
Color photograph of section N-14B-1 inside the Great Northern Railway Depot on Adams Street in Hutchinson, MN. The 6"x20" section features the text, "John L. White." John White is a descendent of prominent members of the Hutchinson community. His father, Harry White, was born in Eatontown, New Jersey on July 13, 1868 to Lyttleton and Mary (Lambertson) White. Harry graduated from Harvard Divinity and Law School. He married Sophie Pendergast in 1905. On January 2, 1918, Harry opened a law office in Hutchinson over the O.A. Kohler and Company Store. He would eventually own his own building at the north end of Hassan Street. Harry died in 1920. John Lambertson White was born on April 17, 1906 in Duluth to Harry and Sophie (Pendergast) White. That same year the family moved to Natlick, Massachusetts. In 1909 John’s family moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The family moved to Hutchinson in 1917. Like many of his peers, some of whom also have connections to the graffiti in the depot, John participated in "Pageant of Pilgrims" which was performed by the pupils of the Hutchinson Public Schools. In 1920, when John was thirteen, the family lived on Hassan Street. John attended Hutchinson High School. He was a member of the first band at the local high school. He graduated in 1923 with fifty-one other students. John was a member of the Minnesota Territorial Pioneers, a group that was organized in 1897 and incorporated in 1924. Members can trace their ancestry to those who settled in Minnesota before statehood in 1858. John worked as a railroad employee, working as a railway expressman, a railway postal clerk, and other capacities. John married Milly and they had four daughters named Penny, Patty, Polly, and Prue. His second wife Mabel Johnson White was a librarian at the Hutchinson Public Library from 1938-1965. John died on October 4, 1990 in Ramsey County. Memorial services were held at the Episcopal Church Home in St. Paul. He was buried next to his wife Mabel at Oakland Cemetery in Hutchinson. |
Catalog Number |
2017-0139-024 |
Search Terms |
Great Northern Railway Great Northern Depot, Hutchinson, MN Graffiti Depot Graffiti Eatontown, New Jersey Harvard Divinity and Law School O.A. Kohler and Company Store Duluth, Minnesota Natlick, Massachusetts Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Pageant of Pilgrims Hutchinson Public Schools Minnesota Territorial Pioneers Hutchinson Public Library Ramsey County, Minnesota Oakland Cemetery White Family |
Subjects |
Depots Graffiti Historic sites Men Railroad companies Trains |
People |
White, John Lambertson White, Harry White, Lyttleton White, Mary (Lambertson) Pendergast, Sophie White, Harry White, Milly White, Penny White, Patty White, Polly White, Prue White, Mabel Johnson |