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Description
Order Number
00097315
Title
Hollywood
,
Sunset
Blvd
.
KNX
construction
Photographer
Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
N-006-536
8x10
Date
Circa
1937
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;15
x
11
cm
.
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.
;
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
CBS
Columbia
Square
,
located
at
6121
Sunset
Boulevard
, at the
corner
of
El
Centro
Avenue
in
Hollywood
,
oppened
in
1938
as the
home
to
radio
stations
KNX
1070
and
KCBS
83FM
, as
well
as
CBS
Channel
2
television
station
. This
complex
reflects
the
importance
of
radio
and
television
broadcasting
in
Los
Angeles
and
is
characteristic
of the
International
Style
of
architecture
.
Designed
by
William
Lescaze
, a
renowned
Modernist
architect
, the
buildings
are
flat-roofed
with
smooth
,
unornamented
concrete
wall
surfaces
.
Having
served
as the
West
Coast
headquarters
of
CBS
and as
television
and
recording
studios
, the
buildings
hosted
a
number
of
notable
performers
, from
Jack
Benny
to
Bing
Crosby
,
before
closing
in
2007
. In
2009
the
complex
became
City
of
Los
Angeles
Historic-Cultural
Monument
#947
.
Description
The
signature
ribbon
windows
are
visible
through
the
scaffolding
in this
construction
shot
of the
CBS
Columbia
Square
Studios
.
Machinery
barrels
and
scattered
wood
surround
a
construction
worker
surveying
the
work
.
Subject
KNX (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.).
KCBS-TV (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.).
CBS Columbia Square (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.
Broadcasting studios--California--Los Angeles.
Television stations--California--Los Angeles.
Radio stations--California--Los Angeles.
Building construction--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles).
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Schultheis Collection photographs.
Lescaze, William,1896-1969.
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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