This Blog Site is obsolete and no longer maintained.
The current Signal Hill History site can be accessed using this link: SignalHillHistory.org
The updated site has more the 500 images associated with Signal Hill and Long Beach. In addition to the photos shown here, there are many aerial views, flyover images, maps, panoramas, and videos. Many of the images, maps and panoramas are available in zoomable form.
Maps of Signal Hill, Long Beach & Southern California
Bekin’s Moving Map – 1961
Signal Hill Zoning Map 1997
Signal Hill Zoning Map 2009
Field Trip Interactive Photo Map – Click to Activate
Oil World Map 1940 – Click to Activate
Interactive Earthquake Map – Click Map to Activate
While this interactive earthquake map is not specific to Signal Hill, earthquakes are part of the geological realities of the region.
The following Maps are from the Library of Congress
Greater Los Angeles Map – Click Map to Zoom
Los Angeles Oilfields, ca 1922, Version 1
Los Angeles Oilfields, ca 1922 Version 2
Los Angeles Oilfields, ca 1922 Version 3
LA County Oil & Mining Districts Map – 1900