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Order Number	00096642
Title	View of Central Library from Flower
Photographer	Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID	Herman J Schultheis Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	N-005-156 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	Central library, located at 630 W. 5th Street in Los Angeles, was built from 1922-1926 by architects Bertram G. Goodhue and Carlton M. Winslow in the Beaux Arts style. It became a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument in 1967 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. In 1983 the city planned an expansion, choosing New York architectural firm Hardy, Holzman and Pfeiffer. In 1986 and 1987 the library suffered major damage due to fires. Brenda Levin and Associates supervised the restoration, and Lawrence Halprin together with Campbell and Campbell were brought in to supervise the new landscape design. The restoration and expansion was completed in 1993.
Description	This view of Central Library from Flower captures the original reflecting pools, sculptural figures around the doorway and library tower.
Subject	Los Angeles Public Library. Central Library (Los Angeles, Calif.). Public libraries--California--Los Angeles. Library buildings--California--Los Angeles. Eclecticism in architecture--California--Los Angeles. Bas-relief--California--Los Angeles. Towers--California--Los Angeles. Fountains--California--Los Angeles. Reflecting pools--California--Los Angeles. Lily ponds--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Schultheis Collection photographs. Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor,1869-1924. Winslow, Carlton M.
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