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 1927 First National Bank of Los Angeles, Hollywood Branch, located at 6777 Hollywood Boulevard, was designed by Meyer and Holler, architects at the Milwaukee Building Company. Medieval figures, floral patterns and medallions decorate the facade of the building. An elaborate stepped tower, combining elements of Gothic Revival and Art Deco, this building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributor to the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District in 1985. This view looking east on Hollywood Boulevard which has been decorated for Christmas captures Santa Claus atop abstract Christmas trees made out of wrapping paper and adorned with electric candles which line the street, as well as a banner announcing the "Signal Oil carnival Sunday 7:30pm on NBC Red Network," the Egyptian Theatre marquee and the First National Bank Building.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
First National Bank of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bank buildings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Marquees--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Christmas trees--California--Los Angeles Christmas decorations--California--Los Angeles Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Night photographs Schultheis Collection photographs Meyer, Mendel S Holler, Phillip W
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