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Order Number
00099142
Title
Goodrich
main
entrance
,
Commerce
Photographer
Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
N-008-515
8x10
Date
Circa
1938
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
.
Historical Data
S
.
B
.
Robertson
,
Director
of
Engineering
for the
B
.
F
.
Goodrich
Rubber
Company
,
designed
the
1928
Pacific
Goodrich
Rubber
Company
facility
located
at
5400
East
9th
Street
(AKA
Mines
,
Olympic)
in what
is
now
Commerce
. The
45-acre
plant
,
which
featured
a
20-foot
setback
with
park
like
lawns
and a
1,200-foot
facade
,
acted
as the
west
coast
manufacturing
and
distribution
center
for the
Ohio
based
tire
company
,
until
it
closed
in
1975
. The
East
Los
Angeles
Community
Union
(TELACU)
subsequently
redeveloped
the
area
.
Description
Cars
line
the
circular
drive
leading
to the
Pacific
Goodrich
Rubber
Company
main
entrance
that
features
a
round
tower
,
Moorish
style
pointed
arch
doorway
, and a
weather
vane
with the
letter
G
. This
view
is
taken
from
Goodrich
Boulevard
.
Subject
B.F. Goodrich Company.
Rubber industry and trade--California--Commerce.
Tire industry--California--Commerce.
Industrial facilities--California--Commerce.
Factories--California--Commerce.
Architecture--California--Commerce--Spanish influences.
Towers--California--Commerce.
Driveways--California--Commerce.
Lost architecture--California--Commerce.
Goodrich Boulevard (Commerce, Calif.).
Commerce (Calif.).
Schultheis Collection photographs.
Robertson, S. B.
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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