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Oil refinery in Signal Hill/Long Beach area. June 4, 1923

Description: A panoramic view of an oil refinery in Signal Hill or Long Beach. There are several low, circular structures left of center, and to the right small rectangular buildings. Several automobiles are parked on the far right near what looks like a garage. Railroad tracks on the left end before they reach the circular structures, and there is a small building under construction next to the tracks. Most of the land is undeveloped fields, and besides one oil rig, or derrick, on the right, beyond the water tower, there are no other signs of the oil industry. Writing in white in the bottom right corner reads "Photo No. 271 ; The Aerograph Co. ; 5880 Moneta ; L.A. - Calif."
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Date: June 4, 1923
Call number: photCL 470 (174)

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".

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Signal Hill oil field. April 1, 1931

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A slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field at Signal Hill. There are dozens of oil rigs, or derricks, most with sheds or circular structures nearby, distributed along dirt roads. A sign on one of the wells slightly left of center reads "S.S. Wortley ; well no. 2". Plumes of smoke rise from several of the oil rigs and their surrounding machinery in the center and on the left. The largely residential area in the background is probably Long Beach. There is a note in white just right of center, reading "Photo No. 21. By ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico L.A. ; 4-1-1931."

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Tobin #2, Signal Hill oil field. 1923

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A panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill. There are about two dozen oil rigs, or derricks, in the foreground, with many more visible on the far right. There is a small reservoir of water in the bottom left corner, and clouds of smoke or steam coming out of the oil rig to the right of it. A large tent is on the right, with sheds to its right and left. There is a large group of people in suits and dresses posing in front of the shed at the foot of Tobin #2. There are streets of houses in among the derricks, and a few buses parked on the nearest street. Many of the rigs in the foreground are labeled with their names and a number that represents their output, by the barrel. Writing in white below the posed crowd reads "Tobin No. 2 "Signal Hill" - Long Beach, Calif." Writing in white in the bottom left reads "Photo. No. 280 ; The Aerograph Co. ; 5880 Moneta ; L.A. - Calif."

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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."

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Signal Hill oil field. January 18, 1931

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A slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field at Signal Hill. There are hundreds of oil rigs, or derricks, most with sheds or circular structures nearby, distributed along dirt roads. There are only a few derricks on the far left, and beyond that is a residential area. Ms. markings in the center show where Well No. 1 of the Hub Petroleum Corporation is located. Writing in white in the bottom left reads "Long Beach Oil Field ; -Signal Hill.- ; 1-18-1931 ; Photo No. 2. By ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico L.A."

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Tobin #2, Signal Hill oil field. July 11, 1923

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A panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill. There are about two dozen oil rigs, or derricks, in the foreground, with many more visible on the far right. There is a small reservoir of water in the bottom left corner, and a spray of smoke or steam coming out of the oil rig to the right of it. A large tent is on the right, with sheds to its right and left. There are streets of houses in among the derricks, and a few buses parked on the nearest street. Many of the rigs in the foreground are labeled with their names and a number that represents their output, by the barrel. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Tobin # 2 "Signal Hill" Long Beach, Cal.", while a small note just left of that reads "No 264".

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Oil refinery in Signal Hill/Long Beach area. June 4, 1923

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