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. The 1923 building located at 6313 Hollywood Boulevard, was redesigned by A.C. Balch and R.M. Schindler as Sardi's which opened in 1933. The one and one half story concrete and stucco structure was later clad with green mosaic tile and became home to the Cave Theater.; The 1929 Equitable Building (6253 Hollywood Boulevard) designed by architect Aleck Curlett, is a 12-story, reinforced concrete, office structure with Neo-Gothic design stylized in part by Art Deco detailing. The U-shaped plan has a two-story section joining the north and south wings on Vine Street. This building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributor to the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District in 1985. Ethel Schultheis stands with her parents on Hollywood Boulevard at Christmas. The neon sign for Sardi's and the Equitable blade sign are visible behind them. Ethel's father, Theodore Wisloh, was born in 1879, and her mother, Marie Flora Wisloh (formerly Eveland), was one year younger than her husband.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 11 cm. Photographic prints
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