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Description
Order Number
00101388
Title
Wilshire
Boulevard
,
Miracle
Mile
Photographer
Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
N-010-841
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
Located
at
5600
Wilshire
Boulevard
and
designed
by
Stiles
O
.
Clements
, the
classic
Streamline
Moderne
building
was
first
occupied
in
1938
by
Coulter's
Dry
Goods
. In the
1970s
, the
store
changed
hands
and
became
a
Broadway
.
After
the
building
was
demolished
in
1980
, the
site
remained
vacant
until
the
late-2000s
,
when
a
5-story
mixed-use
structure
was
built.
;
Over
the
years
stores
such
as
Desmond's
and
Silverwoods
have
occupied
Wilshire
Tower's
ground
floor
while
professionals
have
leased
offices
in the
eight-story
tower
.
Located
at
5514
Wilshire
Boulevard
, the
Zig-Zag
Moderne
building
was
designed
by
architect
Gilbert
Stanley
Underwood
and
built
in
1928
. This
building
was
designated
Los
Angeles
Historic-Cultural
Monument
#332
in
1987
.
Description
This
view
looking
southeast
on
Wilshire
near
Hauser
Boulevard
includes
the
Coulter's
department
store
(right)
and the
Wilshire
Tower
(left)
.
Subject
Coulter's (Department store).
Wilshire Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Department stores--California--Los Angeles.
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles.
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Wilshire Lanterns.
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles.
Streets--California--Los Angeles.
Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Schultheis Collection photographs.
Clements, Stiles Oliver,1883-1966.
Underwood, Gilbert Stanley.
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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