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Surrounded by Long Beach, the relatively small city of Signal Hill has a rich and colorful history. Because they used the hill as a view and signal point for the surrounding ranchos, early Spanish settlers called the area Loma Sental, which translates to Signal Hill. At the turn of the 20th century, large estate homes were built to take advantage of the magnificent views and coastal breezes. Then came the oil. On June 23, 1921, Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company hit the first gusher, signaling the start of one of the most productive oil fields in the world. In fact, the area was so dense with derricks during the mid-century it earned the moniker "Porcupine Hill." Today, though oil is still being pumped, the community also proudly boasts stately hillside homes with commanding views of the coastline of Long Beach and Catalina.
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Karen Summerton
reviewed Signal Hill, California (Images of America Series) on February 05, 2021 Signal Hill, California (Images of America Series)
The photos in this book came from the same cache of old negatives found just in time as the ones in The Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon Day by Day , but while so many of The Chrysler Building's photos were interesting even before you read the captions at the end of that book most of the photos in New York, Empire City: 1920-1945 really need to be viewed alongside the text in the "Additional Information" section to make an impact, perhaps because the Chrysler Building photos took in smaller swaths and minutiae while Empire City most often shoots an entire building at once. Fortunately, the text in "Additional Information" is often very entertaining as well as informative, for example, its verdict on 30 Rockefeller Plaza: "Ornament: A-. Architecture: C+. Vision: A+." Sometimes the text points out things too small to notice in the photos, like the 104 small, gold-leafed sculptures of the god Mercury that used to top all the light poles around Rockefeller Center before they were replaced by utilitarian poles similar to what was used elsewhere in the city.
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