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Flight attendants from multiple airlines wave at the thousands of visitors below, part of the dedication ceremony for the Central Terminal (now T2) in 1954. Image: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Terminal Building, 1954. SFO Museum Collection, 1997.52.054.001
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