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Order Number
00081842
Title
Game
at
Wrigley
Field
,
Los
Angeles
Photographer
Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
N-005-188
8x10
Date
Circa
1937
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;11
x
15
cm
.
Notes
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
.
Historical Data
Wrigley
Field
,
built
on
10
acres
of
land
in
South
Los
Angeles
between
San
Pedro
Street
(on
the
west)
,
Avalon
Blvd
(to
the
east)
,
E
.
41st
Place
(to
the
north)
, and
E
.
42
Place
(to
the
south)
,
served
as
host
to
minor
league
baseball
teams
in the
region
for
over
30
years
, and was the
home
park
for the
Los
Angeles
Angels
of the
Pacific
Coast
League
.
Chewing
gum
magnate
,
William
Wrigley
,
Jr
.
purchased
the
Angels
in
1921
for the
(then)
astronomical
sum
of
$150,000
and then
built
a
stadium
for the
team
a
few
years
later
.
Construction
for
Wrigley
Field
began
in
1924
and the
21,000-seat
,
million-dollar
stadium
opened
on
September
29
,
1925
. For
33
seasons
(1925-1957)
the
park
was
home
to the
Angels
, and for
11
of those
seasons
(1926-1935
and
1938)
it
had a
second
home
team
in the
rival
Hollywood
Stars
. The
Stars
eventually
moved
to their
own
new
ballpark
,
Gilmore
Field
.
Prior
to
1925
, the
Angels
played
at their
former
home
at
Washington
Park
, and
before
that, at
Chutes
Park
. In
February
1957
,
Phil
Wrigley
(heir
son
of
William
Wrigley)
,
sold
both
the
team
and
Wrigley
Field
to
Walter
O'Malley
,
owner
of the
Brooklyn
Dodgers
, for
$3,000,000
. The
last
Pacific
Coast
League
game
at
Wrigley
Field
was
played
on
September
15
,
1957
. In
1961
, the
Los
Angeles
Angels
joined
the
American
League
as an
expansion
team
and
took
residence
at
Wrigley
Field
for
just
one
season
. The
Angels
then
moved
into
Dodger
Stadium
with the
Los
Angeles
Dodgers
,
until
1965
. In
1966
, the
Angels
moved
into their
own
home
,
Anaheim
Stadium
.
Sadly
, with
no
minor
league
baseball
teams
left
in the
area
,
Wrigley
Field
was
torn
down
in the
mid
1960s
;
Gilbert
Lindsay
Park
presently
occupies
the
site
.
Description
Partial
view
of the "
first
"
Wrigley
Field
-
home
for the
Los
Angeles
Angels
of the
Pacific
Coast
League
. The
bleachers
are
practically
bursting
at the
seams
with
eager
spectators
cheering
on their
favorite
teams
, with
hundreds
more
having
spilled
onto the
field
.
It
is
unknown
which
team
is
out
on the
field
but
may
be
either
the
Los
Angeles
Angels
, or the
other
home
team
, the
Hollywood
Stars
. The
double-decked
grandstand
extended
from the
left
field
foul
pole
to
home
plate
, and
around
to the
right
field
foul
pole
.
Bleachers
and a
scoreboard
were
located
in
right
field
. There was
no
seating
in
left
field
,
just
a
15-foot-high
concrete
wall
(seen
here)
,
though
it
offered
little
to
no
protection
for the
houses
located
directly
behind
it
, as they were
constantly
getting
pelted
with
flying
homeruns
.
Notice
the
field
lights
for
night
games
,
which
were
installed
on
July
22
,
1931
.
Subject
Los Angeles Angels (Baseball team).
Hollywood Stars (Baseball team).
Wrigley Field (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Baseball players--United States.
Baseball fields--California--Los Angeles.
Spectators--California--Los Angeles.
Baseball--California--Los Angeles.
Dwellings--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles).
Lost architecture--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles).
South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Schultheis Collection photographs.
Pacific Coast League.
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.
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