{"id":31265,"date":"2025-01-28T07:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=31265"},"modified":"2025-01-28T07:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:09:29","slug":"oil-wells-tower-over-sunnyside-cemetery-in-the-signal-hill-section-of-long-beach-california-circa-1937-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2025\/01\/28\/oil-wells-tower-over-sunnyside-cemetery-in-the-signal-hill-section-of-long-beach-california-circa-1937-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil wells tower over Sunnyside Cemetery in the Signal Hill section of Long Beach, California, circa 1937"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2025\/01\/28\/oil-wells-tower-over-sunnyside-cemetery-in-the-signal-hill-section-of-long-beach-california-circa-1937-2\/oil-wells-tower-over-sunnyside-cemetery-in-the-signal-hill-section-of-long-beach-california-circa-1937\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oil-wells-tower-over-Sunnyside-Cemetery-in-the-Signal-Hill-section-of-Long-Beach-California-circa-1937.jpg?fit=800%2C592&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Oil wells tower over Sunnyside Cemetery in the Signal Hill section of Long Beach, California, circa 1937\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oil-wells-tower-over-Sunnyside-Cemetery-in-the-Signal-Hill-section-of-Long-Beach-California-circa-1937.jpg?fit=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oil-wells-tower-over-Sunnyside-Cemetery-in-the-Signal-Hill-section-of-Long-Beach-California-circa-1937.jpg?fit=640%2C474&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oil-wells-tower-over-Sunnyside-Cemetery-in-the-Signal-Hill-section-of-Long-Beach-California-circa-1937.jpg?resize=640%2C474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oil wells tower over Sunnyside Cemetery in the Signal Hill section of Long Beach, California, circa 1937\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oil-wells-tower-over-Sunnyside-Cemetery-in-the-Signal-Hill-section-of-Long-Beach-California-circa-1937.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oil-wells-tower-over-Sunnyside-Cemetery-in-the-Signal-Hill-section-of-Long-Beach-California-circa-1937.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Oil-wells-tower-over-Sunnyside-Cemetery-in-the-Signal-Hill-section-of-Long-Beach-California-circa-1937.jpg?resize=768%2C568&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>After posting yesterday\u2019s photo of the Signal Hill oil field near Long Beach, California, someone sent me this photo, also taken circa 1937. It\u2019s the same oil wells, but this time we\u2019re seeing them from across the Sunnyside Cemetery at 1095 East Willow St. It\u2019s a good thing the deceased didn\u2019t have to listen to all that noise or breathe in that heavy, oil air. I can only guess that the locals were used to them and didn\u2019t mind visiting their relatives, but it strikes me as being a little off-putting to have all that going on in the background. Source: LAPL<\/p>\n<p>This is how the entrance of Sunnyside Cemetery looked in February 2023. No more oil wells in sight!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31266\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2025\/01\/28\/oil-wells-tower-over-sunnyside-cemetery-in-the-signal-hill-section-of-long-beach-california-circa-1937-2\/february-2024\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/February-2024.png?fit=999%2C665&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"999,665\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"February 2024\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/February-2024.png?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/February-2024.png?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31266\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/February-2024.png?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/February-2024.png?w=999&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/February-2024.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/February-2024.png?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After posting yesterday\u2019s photo of the Signal Hill oil field near Long Beach, California, someone sent me this photo, also taken circa 1937. It\u2019s the same oil wells, but this time we\u2019re seeing them from across the Sunnyside Cemetery at &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2025\/01\/28\/oil-wells-tower-over-sunnyside-cemetery-in-the-signal-hill-section-of-long-beach-california-circa-1937-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[139,164,45],"class_list":["post-31265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-california","tag-long-beach","tag-oil"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5XK3w-88h","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31268,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31265\/revisions\/31268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}