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Order Number
00097277
Title
Man
shaving
in
front
of
stables
at the
Los
Angeles
County
Fair
Photographer
Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
N-006-425
8x10
Date
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.
;
Used
in the
Exhibit
: How
We
Worked
, How
We
Played
:
Herman
Schultheis
and
Los
Angeles
in the
1930s
.
Historical Data
The
first
Los
Angeles
County
Fair
was
held
on
October
17
,
1922
and
ran
for
five
days
through
October
21
,
1922
in a
former
beet
field
in
Pomona
. For the
first
few
years
,
highlights
included
harness
racing
,
chariot
races
,
airplane
wing-walking
exhibitions
, and
agricultural
exhibitions
.
Since
its
inception
, the
Fair
has been the
link
between
California's
agriculture
industry
and the
public
.
During
World
War
II
, from
May
7
to
August
24
,
1942
, these
grounds
were
used
as a
Wartime
Civilian
Control
Administration
assembly
center
,
which
held
more
than
5,000
Japanese
Americans
prior
to
sending
them to
internment
camps
.
Curiously
, there
is
no
known
historical
marker
at the
site
. The
L.A
.
County
Fair
is
the
largest
county
fair
in the
United
States
, with
attendance
topping
one
million
people
in
every
year
but
one
since
1948
, and
generating
a
national
economic
impact
of
more
than
$250
million
dollars
. The
Fair
is
held
each
September
on
543
acres
of
fairgrounds
known
as
Fairplex
(L.A
.
County
Fair
,
hotel
and
exposition
complex)
, and
is
operated
by the
Los
Angeles
County
Fair
Association
.
Description
A
man
shaves
with a
straight
razor
and a
metal
bucket
of
water
as a
woman
sits
on a
rail
watching
at the
Los
Angeles
County
Fair
,
held
in
Pomona
. They are in
front
of
stables
, and a
pitchfork
contrasts
with
tropical
planting
. In
1937
, the
fair
ran
from
September
17-October
3
.
Subject
Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.).
Fairs--California--Los Angeles County.
Stables--California--Pomona.
Shaving--California--Pomona.
Pomona (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.
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Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
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