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 Southern California Edison Eagle Rock Substation, located at 7888 North Figueroa Street, is still standing but today is only used for filming. The Metropolitan Water District added a later station at 7800 North Figueroa, which is located within the city of Pasadena. High voltage power lines come down the mountain towards the Eagle Rock from the Southern California Edison Eagle Rock Substation
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Image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
Electric lines--California--Los Angeles Electric substations--California--Los Angeles Canyons--California--Los Angeles County Mountains--California, Southern Scholl Canyon (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs
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