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Order Number	00102043
Title	Ducommun Inc., Los Angeles
Photographer	Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID	Herman J Schultheis Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	N-011-696 8x10
Date	Circa 1941
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 14 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	Swiss watchmaker Charles Ducommun founded Ducommun Inc. in 1849 during the California Gold Rush as a hardware supply store, and eventually evolving into an aluminum distributor to the aircraft industry. Designed by Albert C. Martin & Associates, this 2-story reinforced concrete building was built in 1941.
Description	An automobile is parked in front of the new offices and warehouse under construction for Ducommun Inc. manufacturing, located at 4890 South Alameda Street at E. 49th Street in Los Angeles.
Subject	Ducommun, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.). Building construction--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles). Warehouses--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles). Office buildings--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles). Manufacturing industries--California--Los Angeles. Hardware industry--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles). Automobiles--California--Los Angeles. 49th Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Alameda Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Schultheis Collection photographs. Albert C. Martin and Associates.
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