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. In February 1909, the Freeholders Improvement Association of Avalon got permission from the war Department to build a pleasure wharf, constructed and maintained by the Santa Catalina Island Company. In 1914, the Green Pleasure Pier was transferred to the City of Avalon. Today, the 407-foot pier is home to the Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center as well as restaurants, tours and other activities.; The S.S. Catalina, known as "The Great White Steamer," was laid down on December 26, 1923, christened on May 3, 1924, and took its maiden voyage on June 30, 1924. The 301-foot ship, originally built at a cost of $1 million dollars, was in service from 1924 and carried about 25 million passengers between Los Angeles and Avalon Harbor until she was retired on September 14, 1975. The Catalina has been recognized as a Historic-Cultural Monument, #213, and is a California State Historic Landmark. She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. This view taken from the S.S. Catalina docked at the Avalon at the pleasure pier (instead of the landing used today) on Santa Catalina Island captures businesses including the 1920s Hotel Atwater (right) located at 125 Sumner Street, as well as the Spanish architecture of the pier buildings, and some recreational boating in the harbor. The Spanish style building at the end of the pier no longer exists.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
Hotel Atwater (Avalon, Calif.) S.S. Catalina (Ship) Passenger ships--California--Los Angeles Passengers--California--Santa Catalina Island California Historical Landmarks Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Hotels--California--Avalon Harbors--California--Avalon Crowds--California--Avalon Piers--California--Avalon Docks--California--Avalon Boats and boating--California--Santa Catalina Island Architecture--California--Avalon--Spanish influences Lost architecture--California--Avalon Islands--California, Southern Green Pleasure Pier (Avalon, Calif.) Avalon (Calif.) Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) Pacific Ocean Schultheis Collection photographs
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