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Order Number	00096760
Title	Moderncraft Laundry Company on La Brea
Photographer	Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID	Herman J Schultheis Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	N-005-648 8x10
Date	Circa 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.
Description	Utility lines crisscross the street in front of the Art Deco Moderncraft Laundry Co. located at 900 North La Brea, on the northeast corner of La Brea and Willoughby. A fountain can be seen at the entrance and the sign pylon advertises a savings of 20%. This building was still there in 2012 although some of the details are missing such as the sign pylon, fountain and detail around the front door.
Subject	Moderncraft Laundry Company (Los Angeles, Calif.). Laundries--California--Los Angeles. Fountains--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Art deco (Architecture)--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Streets--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Utility poles--California--Los Angeles. Automobiles--California--Los Angeles. Willoughby Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.). La Brea Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.). Hollywood (Los Angeles, 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.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection