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Order Number
00098275
Title
Employee
in an
arched
entry
at
Casa
de
Adobe
Photographer
Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
N-007-715
8x10
Date
Circa
1937
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;15
x
11
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
Casa
de
Adobe
,
located
below
the
Southwest
Museum
at
4605
N
.
Figueroa
Street
, was
completed
in
1918
by the
Hispanic
Society
of
California
and
donated
to the
museum
in
1925
.
Modeled
after
the
San
Diego
County
landmark
,
Rancho
Guajome
, a
pre-1850s
Spanish
California
rancho
, the
Casa
was
designed
by the
office
of
architect
Theodore
Eisen.Constructed
in the
traditional
manner
by
local
adobe
craftsmen
, the
rooms
were
decorated
with
antique
furniture
and the
courtyard
was
planted
with
jasmine
,
oleander
,
fig
trees
, and
grapevines
.
Casa
de
Adobe
is
now
California
Historical
Monument
#493
and
is
operated
by the
Autry
National
Center
.
Description
A
woman
in a
four-tiered
dress
and
long
black
lace
shawl
is
standing
in an
arched
entryway
in
front
of the
courtyard
of the
Casa
De
Adobe
.
Subject
Casa de Adobe (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Southwest Museum of the American Indian.
Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles.
Museums--California--Los Angeles.
Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences.
Museums--California--Los Angeles--Employees.
Courtyards--California--Los Angeles.
Gardens--California--Los Angeles.
Arches--California--Los Angeles.
California Historical Landmarks.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Highland Park (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Portrait photographs
Schultheis Collection photographs.
Eisen, Theodore.
Coverage
1931
;
1932
;
1933
;
1934
;
1935
;
1936
;
1937
;
1938
;
1939
;
1940
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
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