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. Walker & Eisen designed the Hollywood Plaza Hotel; it was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #665 in 1999.; Clara Bow and her husband and Rex Bell opened the 'It' Cafe on October 14, 1937; it closed sometime in 1943. A large banner hangs from a rooftop, which promotes, "Dancing Nightly" at the "It" club, located on the ground floor of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel at 1637 Vine Street.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 13 cm. Photographic prints
Hollywood Plaza Hotel (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) It Cafe (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hotels--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Nightclubs--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Restaurants--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Neon signs--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Banners--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Vine Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Night photographs Schultheis Collection photographs Walker & Eisen
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