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. Henry Martz built the Martz Flats in 1890 in the Regency style as a commercial extension to his home. This two-story building at the southeast corner of Seventh and Flower, which had arches supported by Greek columns and delicate woodcarvings on the facade, was demolished in 1965 and replaced by what is now known as the Macy Plaza.; In 1922 architects Curlett & Beelman built the Renaissance Revival style Roosevelt Building, located at 727 West Seventh Street. In 1998 it was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #355 and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A flag waves on the sidewalk, and across the Roosevelt building rises behind the side view of Martz Flats on Flower looking north toward Seventh.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
Martz Flats (Los Angeles, Calif.) Roosevelt Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Flags--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Flower Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs
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