Old Photo - Union Oil Company, Signal Hill, Long Beach, California

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 11:10 pm:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 11:45 pm:

I remember those forests of old wooden derricks and the more recent steel ones in Signal Hill, Long Beach, Harbor City, Lomita, Torrance... The POP, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh of the hit & miss engine was a familiar sound. They disappeared in the sixties.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Halpin on Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 04:35 am:

The whole LA basin looked like that before the 'Hollywood Land' days.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 09:04 am:

That house on the left may still be there.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Frank Harris from Long Beach & Big Bear on Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 11:18 am:

The houses were there first. They discovered oil and put the wells all around the houses. They took down the wells and the houses are still there to this day.

In the 20's before they discovered the oil my grandmother went to the movies and won the ticket raffle. She had the choice of a lot on Signal Hill or a set of dishes. She was no dummy, she took the set of dishes.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 11:28 am:

I met a guy named Wardlow, and asked if he were related to Wardlow Road near Signal Hill. He said his Granpa' sold the land on Signal Hill the year before oil was discovered..


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 11:43 am:

Frank, I hope the dishes are still in the family.

Ralph, Sounds like before there was a Dangerfield there was Wardlow. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob McDonald-Federal Way, Wa. on Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 01:16 pm:

I visited an Aunt that lived there in 1939, I don't remember it to much but I do remember the oil well around her house. Have some pictures some where.

Bob


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