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. Originally named Agricultural Park in 1876, the 160-acre site was developed and served as an agricultural and horticultural fairground until approximately 1910, at which point it was re-named Exposition Park. On November 6, 1913, Exposition Park was formally dedicated, and became the home to a state Exposition Building and the county Museum of History, Science and Art. In 1931 Bartolomeo (Bartolo) Mako created the "Memorial Gateway to Exposition Park" consisting of large concrete monoliths to commemorate the 10th International Olympiad whose opening and closing ceremonies were held in the parks coliseum in 1932. The bas-reliefs consist of processions of figures representing ancient and modern Olympic games. A woman sits on a bench in front of the concrete Memorial Gateway to Exposition Park bas-relief.
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Image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
Memorial Gateway to Exposition Park (Sculpture) Bas-relief--California--Los Angeles Public art--California--Los Angeles Olympics--Art Benches--California--Los Angeles Parks--California--Los Angeles Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs Mako, Bartolomeo
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