Luther S. White Dies. Developed Powder Flashlight Photography. Ill Two Years. Stamford, Connecticut; August 25, 1936. Luther S. White, 78, leading New York theatrical photographer 30 years ago and developer of powder flashlight photography, died here yesterday in his home, 128 Hubbard avenue. Mr. White began experimenting in the early '90s and at that time it was necessary to have three men take a picture inside a theater. Smoke and ashes filled the studio after each flash and the audience had to sneeze. He bought the Byron and Co. flashlight studio in Manhattan with borrowed money. It was here he conceived the idea of using an explosive powder to make an instantaneous flash. When the war came the War Department requisitioned all his negatives to be used in gas masks. Mr. White retired. He had his studio at 620 Fifth avenue, which his son took over. His health broke two years ago. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Martha Dexter White and a son, Dexter White.

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