John Beagles (1844 – 8 January 1907) was an English printer and publisher, especially of real photo postcards, through his company, J. Beagles & Co.

Early life John Beagles was born in Whaplode Drove,John Beagles England and Wales Census, 1901. FamilySearch. Retrieved 26 February 2017. Lincolnshire, in 1844 to John and Jane Beagles, and christened on 11 June 1844.John Beagles England Births and Christenings. FamilySearch. Retrieved 26 February 2017. His father was a "butcher master".John Beagles England and Wales Census, 1861. FamilySearch. Retrieved 26 February 2017. In 1861, John Beagles junior was recorded as a "pupil teacher".John Beagles England and Wales Census, 1861. FamilySearch. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

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.John Beagles England and Wales Census, 1891. FamilySearch. Retrieved 26 February 2017. 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. The company also published a long series of scenes of London life such as The Telegraph Messenger and The Shoe Black,Smith, J.H.D. (1997) IPM catalogue of picture postcards and year book 1997. Lewes: IPM. p. 139. and humorous cards during the First World War. Often they republished, in postcard form, photographic portraits made by others.J. Beagles & Co (active 1903-). National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

The business continued as J. Beagles & Co. Ltd. after Beagles' death.The British Trade Journal, Vol. 53 (1915), p. 34.

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 £554.1907 Probate Calendar. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

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