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 entire 1931 French Zig-Zag Moderne style complex, which includes ground floor businesses, the Wiltern Theatre, and the Pellissier Building, was designed by Stiles O. Clements and is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Looking southeast across Wilshire Boulevard at Manhattan Place towards the Wiltern Theatre and the 12-story Pellissier Building. Some of the signature Wilshire Lanterns are seen along the south side (right center) of the boulevard and numerous cars are parked along the north side (left).
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 11 cm. Photographic prints
Pellissier Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wiltern (Los Angeles, Calif.) Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Theaters--California--Los Angeles Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Wilshire Lanterns Streets--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs Clements, Stiles Oliver,1883-1966
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