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. KMPC started in 1927 as KRLO at 218 Larchmont. The station moved to 9631 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills in 1928 as KEJK. The call letters changed to KMPC in 1930 after the current owners McMillan Petroleum Company. Although ownership has changed the call letters remained the same until 1997 when they were sold to a sports station. In 1944 the station moved to 5939 Sunset Boulevard and finally in 1968 to 5858 Sunset Boulevard (home to KTLA). The Spanish style facade of the KMPC radio station in Beverly Hills features a sign that reads "KMPC, the station of the stars." This structure has since been demolished and replaced with a high rise.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
KMPC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) Radio and television towers--California--Beverly Hills Radio stations--California--Beverly Hills Signs and signboards--California--Beverly Hills Architecture--California--Beverly Hills--Spanish influences Lost architecture--California--Beverly Hills Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Beverly Hills (Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs
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