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 1937 Highland Avenue was widened from Cahuenga Boulevard to Melrose Avenue. The dedication ceremony took place on October 13th at Hollywood High School. Edward Brown of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce was in charge of the program and Mayor Frank Shaw, Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and actress Sheila Darcy were among the speakers. A crowd gathers around a roped off area where actress Sheila Darcy is making a speech. Her microphone feeds to a large megaphone mounted on a pole. The dedication is taking place in front of the Hollywood High school Memorial Auditorium located on the Southeast corner of Hawthorne and Highland.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 11 cm. Photographic prints
Darcy, Sheila,--1914-2004 Hollywood High School (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) Dedications--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Public speaking--California--Los Angeles Civic improvement--California--Los Angeles Megaphones--California--Los Angeles Microphones Crowds--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States High schools--California--Los Angeles Schools--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Highland Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs
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