| Title: |
Jonathan Booth
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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| Collection: |
Long Beach Area History: Signal Hill
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| Description: |
Jonathan Booth's father purchased land on Signal Hill before oil was discovered. He planted avocado and fruit trees including some exotic ones. He divided some of the land into building lots and sold them to friends because he wife didn't want to live so far from the city by herself. When oil was discovered in 1921, however, everything changed.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Booth, Jonathan
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Agriculturist
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Locations discussed: |
California; Long Beach, CA; North America; Signal Hill, CA; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
California; Fruit; Fruit growers; Fruit--Harvesting; Land use--Long Beach (Calif.); Long Beach (Calif.)--History; Long Beach, CA; North America; Oil fields; Oil fields--Signal Hill (Calif.); Oral history; Signal Hill, CA; United States
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0035245-38812
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