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Description
Order Number
00019439
Title
Beverly
Hills
fountain
Photographer
Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
N-006-385
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
.
Historical Data
Built
in
1931
, the
fountain
includes
water-jets
and
multi-hued
lights
,
which
allow
for
60
different
combined
effects
every
8
minutes
at
night
.
Atop
the
fountain
is
a
figure
of a
Native
American
male
,
modeled
after
Gradin
Newsom
,
kneeling
in
prayer
.
Ralph
Carlin
Flewelling
designed
the
fountain
and
Robert
Merrell
Gage
designed
the
sculpture
.
Description
The "
Electric
Fountain
"
installed
near
the
intersection
of
Wilshire
and
Santa
Monica
boulevards
in
Beverly
Gardens
Park
in
Beverly
Hills
.
Subject
Fountains--California--Beverly Hills.
Parks--California--Beverly Hills.
Beverly Gardens Park (Beverly Hills, Calif.).
Beverly Hills (Calif.).
Night photographs
Schultheis Collection photographs.
Flewelling, Ralph C.
Gage, Merrell,1892-1981.
Coverage
1931
;
1932
;
1933
;
1934
;
1935
;
1936
;
1937
;
1938
;
1939
;
1940
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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