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. Balboa Theatre was a grand movie palace built in 1924 with a seating capacity of 1,600. Located at 838 Third Avenue, it was converted to housing for the U.S. Navy during WWII. It was designated as a local historic site in 1972. View of the hustle and bustle of downtown San Diego. Several people, inlcuding sailors, walk across the street as automobiles wait their turn. The Balboa Theatre is visible in the background (domed roof).
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 14 cm. Photographic prints
Balboa Theatre (San Diego, Calif.) Sailors--United States Pedestrians--California--San Diego Motion picture theaters--California--San Diego Central business districts--California--San Diego Stores & shops--California--San Diego Storefronts--California--San Diego Streets--California--San Diego Gaslamp Quarter (San Diego, Calif.) San Diego (Calif.) Cityscape photographs Schultheis Collection photographs
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