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. Wrigley Field (435 East 42nd Place), built on 10 acres of land in South Los Angeles between San Pedro Street (on the west), Avalon Blvd (to the east), E. 41st Place (to the north), and E. 42 Place (to the south), was the home park for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. Chewing gum magnate, William Wrigley, Jr. purchased the Angels in 1921 and built Wrigley Field which opened in 1925. From 1925-1957 the park was home to the Angels, and for 11 of those seasons (1926-1935 and 1938) it had a second home team,the Hollywood Stars. The Stars eventually moved to Gilmore Field. In February 1957, Phil Wrigley (heir son of William Wrigley), sold both the team and Wrigley Field to Walter O'Malley, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1961, the Los Angeles joined the American League and took residence at Wrigley Field for just one season. The Angels then moved into Dodger Stadium with the Los Angeles Dodgers, until 1966, when they moved to Anaheim Stadium. Wrigley Field was torn down in the mid 1960s; Gilbert Lindsay Park presently occupies the site. On July 17, 1937 two dozen celebrities played a baseball game for charity called the "second annual motion picture baseball game, comedians vs. leading men" at Wrigley Field. For the dramatic team Robert Taylor captained a team that included: Tyrone Power, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Ray Miland, and Boris Karloff among others. The comedy team captained by Joe E. Brown included the Ritz brothers, Edie Cantor, Buster Keaton and Burns and Allen among others. This view of the game is looking east towards the shops along Avalon and includes the stands, a baseball diamond and, according to Schultheis, Robert Taylor, probably standing on the sidelines in the foreground.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
Wrigley Field (Los Angeles, Calif.) Stadiums--California--Los Angeles Baseball--California--Los Angeles Baseball fields--California--Los Angeles Charity sports events--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Crowds--California--Los Angeles Spectators--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles) South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs
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