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 Samuel B. Bird designed the 1925 Spanish Colonial Revival style El Patio Ballroom, which could house up to 10,000 patrons. The amusement center, located at 245 South Vermont Avenue was later known as the Rainbow Gardens and finally the Palomar. The building burned down on October 2, 1939. Phil Harris and Orchestra are playing at the Palomar ballroom according to the marquee. A Streamline Moderne bar is visible on the right and the twin domes above the main entry way on the left. Cars are parked in the parking lot.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
Palomar (Restaurant : Los Angeles, Calif.) Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Bars (Drinking establishments)--California--Los Angeles Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--California--Los Angeles Marquees--California--Los Angeles Ballrooms--California--Los Angeles Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Parking lots--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Schultheis Collection photographs Bird, Samuel B
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