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. Originally named Agricultural Park in 1876, the 160-acre site was developed and served as an agricultural and horticultural fairground until approximately 1910, at which point it was re-named Exposition Park. On November 6, 1913, Exposition Park was formally dedicated, and became the home to a state Exposition Building and the county Museum of History, Science and Art. The Mericos H. Whittier bronze statue donated to Exposition Park by the Max Whittier Memorial Association was dedicated in 1929. Whittier was the founder of the Associated Oil company, one of the largest independent oil producers in the nation at the time, and original the developer of Beverly Hills. This statue, which was located in front of the Museum of Science and Technology, has been lost. The Mericos H. Whittier bronze statue stands on a granite pedestal in front of a brick wall and stained glass windows in Exposition Park.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 11 cm. Photographic prints
Whittier, Mericos H.,--1867-1925--Statues Bronze sculpture--California--Los Angeles Statues--California--Los Angeles Pedestals--California--Los Angeles Stained glass windows--California--Los Angeles Parks--California--Los Angeles Museum buildings--California--Los Angeles Lost works of art--California--Los Angeles Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs
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