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. Architect George M. Lindsey designed the Gothic style John Marshall High School, located at 3939 Tracy Street in Los Feliz. The school, which opened on January 26, 1931, was threatened with demolition after the 1971 earthquake. After a community battle, the shell was stabilized and the building saved. Cars line Tracy Street (running from the foreground to middle left) in this view of John Marshall High School looking north from St. George Street (foreground). Homes and Griffith Park are visible in the background.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
John Marshall High School (Los Angeles, Calif.) High schools--California--Los Angeles Gothic revival (Architecture)--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles) Schools--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles) Streets--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles) Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Mountains--California, Southern Tracy Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) St. George Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Feliz (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs Lindsey, George M
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