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Art de Beaute´, The Music Shop, Butlers Reducing, Chelsea Gallery
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Order Number
00072119
Title
Art
de
Beaute´
, The
Music
Shop
,
Butlers
Reducing
,
Chelsea
Gallery
Photographer
Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
N-005-558
8x10
Date
Circa
1937
Physical Description
1
photograph
:b&w
Notes
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
.
Description
Photo
taken
from
across
the
street
showing
a
large
commercial
building
located
along
Sunset
Blvd
. in the
city
of
West
Hollywood
.
Shops
calling
this
colonial-looking
building
home
are: "
Art
de
Beaute´
", "The
Music
Shop
", "
Butlers
Reducing
", and "
Chelsea
Gallery
".
Sunset
Boulevard
is
a
long
winding
thoroughfare
that
begins
in
downtown
Los
Angeles
and
runs
westward
over
20
miles
ending
at the
Pacific
Ocean
near
Malibu
. The
best-known
portion
of this
boulevard
is
the
mile
and a
half
stretch
between
Hollywood
and
Beverly
Hills
,
known
as "The
Sunset
Strip
". A
luxury
automobile
can
be
seen
parked
in
front
of this
establishment
.
Subject
Art de Beaute´ (West Hollywood, Calif.).
Music Shop (West Hollywood, Calif.).
Butlers Reducing (West Hollywood, Calif.).
Chelsea Gallery (West Hollywood, Calif.).
Commercial buildings--California--West Hollywood.
Stores & shops--California--West Hollywood.
Automobiles--California--West Hollywood.
Buildings--California--West Hollywood.
Streets--California--West Hollywood.
Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.).
West Hollywood (Calif.).
Schultheis Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Credits
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
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