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Long Beach residential and Signal Hill oil field, facing north and east. 1922

Description: A slightly elevated panoramic view of a residential neighborhood in Long Beach, facing north and east, with the Signal Hill oil field in the background. The neighborhood consists of hundreds of single family homes and small apartment buildings. The streets seem to be unpaved, and there are only a few automobiles parked on the street on the right. The entire horizon is lined with the oil derricks of Signal Hill. There is writing in the bottom right corner reading "No. 211 ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd L.A."
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Date: 1922
Call number: photCL 470 (164)
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Long Beach residential and Signal Hill oil field. 1922

Visual Materials

A slightly elevated panoramic view of a residential neighborhood in Long Beach, with the Signal Hill oil fields in the background. The neighborhood consists of hundreds of single family homes and small apartment buildings. A few of the houses in the foreground are still under construction, and the streets seem to be unpaved. There are a few automobiles parked on the street in the center of the image, and the street on the right is lined with cars. The entire horizon is lined with the oil derricks of Signal Hill. There is writing in the bottom right corner reading "The Aerograph Co."

photCL 470 (163)

Signal Hill oil field, facing north and east. December 27, 1922

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A slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill, facing north and east. There are hundreds of oil rigs, or derricks, across the landscape. Among the oil rigs there are streets of houses, as well as numerous vacant lots. There are railroad tracks on the far left side of the image. Small clouds of smoke or steam are coming out of the ground near one of the oil rigs in the foreground. Writing in white in the bottom left corner reads "No. 226 ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd."

photCL 470 (166)

Signal Hill oil field, facing north and east. April 5, 1923

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A very wide, slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill, facing north and east. There are hundreds of oil rigs, or derricks, across the landscape. Among the oil rigs there are streets of houses, as well as numerous vacant lots. There are railroad tracks on the far right side of the image, and in the center, where the last seven tanker cars of a train are visible. Beyond the railroad tracks on the right there is a neighborhood of closely spaced houses without any oil rigs. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Photo no. 367 ; The Aerograph Co. ; 5880 Moneta ; Los Angeles Cal."

photCL 470 (167)

Signal Hill oil field, facing north and east. January 3, 1923

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A very wide, slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill, facing north and east. There are hundreds of oil rigs, or derricks, across the landscape. Among the oil rigs there are streets of houses, as well as large fields, some of which are planted with row crops. The street on the right is labeled "Hill Street", and one of the derricks directly above it is labeled "Old Colony No. 1." Writing in white in the bottom center reads "The Aerograph Co. ; 5880 Moneta ; L-A Cal. ; Photo no. 368". Writing in white on the right reads "Long Beach (Signal Hill) Calif."

photCL 470 (168)

Signal Hill oil field, facing north and east, with some individual derricks labeled. October 11, 1922

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A very wide, slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill, facing north and east. There are hundreds of oil rigs, or derricks, across the landscape, thirteen of which have been identified by name in white ms. writing. Among the oil rigs there are streets of houses, as well as numerous vacant lots. There are railroad tracks on the far right side of the image. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Signal Hill Long Beach Cal."

photCL 470 (165)

Signal Hill oil field. January 18, 1931

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A slightly elevated panoramic view of an oil field at Signal Hill. There are several dozen oil rigs, or derricks, most with sheds or circular structures, distributed along dirt roads. There is an office for the Armadillo Oil Company on the left, and ms. markings on the right show where Well No. 1 of the Hub Petroleum Corporation is located. There are two notes in white just left of center, reading "Photo No. 1. By ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico L.A." and "Long Beach Oil Field ; "Signal Hill" ; 1-18-1931".

photCL 470 (175)

Long Beach residential and Signal Hill oil field, facing north and east. 1922

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