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Order Number
00101960
Title
Desmond's
Department
Store
Photographer
Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
N-011-580
8x10
Date
Circa
194-
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
The
first
Desmond's
Department
Store
was
opened
on
Olvera
Street
in
1862
. In
1921
,
Ralph
R
.
Huesman
purchased
the
store
from the
Desmond
family
and
led
the
expansion
of the
retailer
to
several
locations
throughout
the
Southern
California
market.
; In
1886
,
Myer
Siegel
opened
his
first
store
at
Second
and
Main
in
Los
Angeles
.
Designed
by
architect
Allen
G
.
Siple
, the
Westwood
Village
store
opened
in
December
1937
and was the
fifth
store
in the
chain
following
Downtown
,
Pasadena
,
Wilshire
and
Beverly
Hills
. The
large
glass
brick
panel
above
the
marquee
allowed
light
to
enter
the
mezzanine
, and
marble
wainscoting
flanked
the
entrance
which
was
paved
in
travertine
. This
building
is
still
standing
.
Description
View
of
Desmond's
Department
Store
,
located
at
1001
Westwood
Boulevard
(lower
left)
at
Weyburn
Avenue
(foreground)
.
Several
people
can
be
seen
walking
along
the
front
of the
store
. The
Myer
Siegel
Department
Store
peeks
out
on the
far
left
.
Subject
Myer Siegel.
Desmond's.
Department stores--California--Westwood (Los Angeles).
Stores & shops--California--Westwood (Los Angeles).
Storefronts--California--Westwood (Los Angeles).
Streets--California--Westwood (Los Angeles).
Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles.
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles.
Westwood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Schultheis Collection photographs.
Siple, Allen G.,1901-1973.
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
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