Title supplied by cataloger.; Herman J. Schultheis was born in Aachen, Germany in 1900, and immigrated to the United States in the min-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 1926, Harold Janss donated 12 acres to the city of Los Angeles. Park Commissioner Van Griffith envisioned a bowling green and a "pony" pitch and putt golf course called Westwood Hills golf course (later Armand Hammer/Holmby Park golf course), located at 10022 Santa Monica Boulevard (later 601 Club View Drive). The layout of the park was revamped in 1940 under Parks Superintendent William Johnson. In 1981, the golf course was threatened with closure, but saved by Armand Hammer and others. Two women golfing at the Westwood Hills golf course. A few oil derricks are present in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
Golf courses--California--Westwood (Los Angeles) Golfers--California--Los Angeles Women golfers--California--Los Angeles Golf--California--Los Angeles Sand traps--California--Los Angeles Oil well drilling rigs--California--Los Angeles Parks--California--Westwood (Los Angeles) Holmby Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs
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