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. Included in this view looking North across Main street is: City Exchange and Jewelry Company (261 South Main) Photos (259 South Main) Nipon Tailoring Company (257 South Main) Pozar Shoe Company (255 South Main) and the Malt Shop (253 South Main). The Arrow theater at 251 South Main, has signs advertising all seats 10 cents, and talking pictures as well as Vaudeville. This theater was later the Linda Lea and after undergoing major renovations became the Downtown Independent. Signage painted on a brick wall for the Winsel Gibbs Seed Company at 243 South Main, ends this view.
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
City Exchange and Jewelry Company (Los Angeles, Calif.) Nipon Tailoring Company (Los Angeles, Calif.) Pozar Shoe Company (Los Angeles, Calif.) Arrow Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) Winsel Gibbs Seed Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Main Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs
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