loading image
Our newest exhibition, "The Modern Consumer: 1950s Products and Style" is now on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. A new wave of consumerism swept across the United States during the 1950s. Driven by a thriving postwar economy, designers utilized bold styling to transform everyday objects into visually expressive items, and manufacturers unleashed an array of products to keep pace with demand. Stores carried everything from portable televisions and pocket-sized radios to space-age toys and plastic dinnerware sets. Shopping centers and indoor malls with vast, paved parking lots catered to new suburban housing developments that extended from cities and towns. Often located at the intersections of major roads and highways, shopping centers offered easy access to a multitude of supermarkets and stores. http://bit.ly/1950sConsumer
This image was posted on December 07, 2018.
Similar Instagram posts
Mid-twentieth-century modern design balanced expression with efficiency and utility.
This image was posted on September 02, 2016.
This 1950 welcome map distributed by Philippine Air Lines (PAL) to their passengers describes many of San Francisco’s and the Bay Area’s attractions.
This image was posted on August 12, 2016.
This year, in tandem with our forthcoming airline poster artist exhibition, we will be highlighting posters from our collection every week.
This image was posted on February 16, 2024.
#avgeek #52posters #united
United’s maintenance base was relocated from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and set up for full-time operation at San Francisco International Airport in 1947.
This image was posted on August 17, 2017.
#flyingthemainline #themainline #throwbackthursday #sfohistory #sfhistory #tbt #unitedairlines #united #avgeek #aviationgeek #maintenencebase #maintenance #aviation #aviationhistory
Modern, mid-century entertaining called for contemporary and expressive dinnerware.
This image was posted on September 12, 2019.
#1950sconsumer #1950s #vintage #50s #midcentury #dinnerware #ceramics
Built in 1954, a spacious restaurant named the International Room provided panoramic views of the airfield at SFO.
This image was posted on September 21, 2017.
#sfohistory #throwbackthursday #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #instaplane #flying #plane #flight #airline #avgeeks #aviation4u #aviationdaily
While sitting in the salon (perhaps for the first time in over a year) have you ever wondered how blowout styling started?
This image was posted on March 22, 2021.
#hairstyle #hair #beauty #blowout #blowstyles #hairdryer
Our newest exhibition, “Mathematics: Vintage and Modern” is now on display post-security in Terminal 2!
This image was posted on July 30, 2021.
#mathematics #mathatsfo #math #maths
The atomic age permeated American culture throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, influencing literature, film, television, and consumer goods.
This image was posted on March 19, 2019.
#1950sconsumer #1950s #vintage #50s #midcentury #classic #retro #atomic #atomsforpeace #atoms #reactor