Title supplied by cataloger.; Herman J. Schultheis was born in Aachen, Germany in 1900, and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1920s after obtaining a Ph.D. in mechanical and electrical engineering. He married Ethel Wisloh in 1936, and the pair moved to Los Angeles the following year. He worked in the film industry from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, most notably on the animated features Fantasia and Pinocchio. His detailed notebook, documenting the special effects for Fantasia, is the subject of a 14-minute short-subject included on the film's DVD. In 1949, he started employment with Librascope as a patent engineer. Schultheis was an avid amateur photographer who traveled the world with his cameras. It was on one of these photographic exhibitions in 1955 that he disappeared in the jungles of Guatemala. His remains were discovered 18 months later. The digitized portion of this collection represents the images Schultheis took of Los Angeles and its surrounding communities after he relocated to the area in 1937. The Escherich Brothers were the builders of the 1931 Gothic Revival style McCarty Memorial Christian Church, which was originally called South Park Christian Church but renamed for the donors Dr. and Mrs. Isaac A. McCarty. The church, located at 4101 West Adams Boulevard, was determined to be a contributing feature of the West Adams Terrace Historic Preservation Overlay Zone. This view of the McCarty Memorial Christian Church is taken across Adams Boulevards. A concrete railing and planter can be seen on the right.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 11 cm. Photographic prints
McCarty Memorial Christian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) Church buildings--California--Jefferson Park (Los Angeles) Gothic revival (Architecture)--California--Jefferson Park (Los Angeles) Streets--California--Jefferson Park (Los Angeles) Adams Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Jefferson Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs
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