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Order Number
00098793
Title
Hollywood
breadline
Photographer
Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
N-008-164
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
C.J
.
Weyl
designed
the
1928
Hollywood
Brown
Derby
(1628
North
Vine
Street)
in the
Spanish
Colonial
Revival
style
The
asymmetrical
restaurant
featured
Churrigueresque
detailing
under
the
eaves
and was
listed
on the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
as a
contributor
to the
Hollywood
Boulevard
Commercial
and
Entertainment
District
in
1985
. In
1989
it
was
demolished
after
a
fire.
;
Walker
&
Eisen
designed
the
1923
Taft
Building
(1680
North
Vine
Street/
6280
West
Hollywood
Boulevard)
in
Neo-Renaissance
style
. The
L-shaped
12
story
office
building
of
reinforced
concrete
clad
in
brick
and
ornamented
with
terra
cotta
was
listed
on the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
as a
contributor
to the
Hollywood
Boulevard
Commercial
and
Entertainment
District
in
1985
. In
1999
it
was
declared
Los
Angeles
Historic-Cultural
Monument
#666
.
Description
Ethel
Schultheis
'
parents
smile
at the
camera
while
standing
in a
line
which
Schultheis
calls
a
breadline
. The
Hollywood
Brown
Derby
is
in the
background
on the
right
, and the
Taft
building
is
on the
left
.
Ethel's
father
,
Theodore
Wisloh
, was
born
in
1879
, and her
mother
,
Marie
Flora
Wisloh
(formerly
Eveland)
, was
one
year
younger
than her
husband
.
Subject
Brown Derby Restaurant (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.).
Taft Building (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.).
Restaurants--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles).
Office buildings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles).
Bread & soup lines--California--Los Angeles.
Architecture--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)--Spanish influences.
Lost architecture--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles).
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Streets--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles).
Vine Street (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Schultheis Collection photographs.
Weyl, Carl Jules.
Walker & Eisen.
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.
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