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Among the early photos of SFO is this picture of United Air Lines' modest ticket counter in the airport's original administrative building. See more photos from United Airlines' beginnings in "Flying the Main Line: A History of United Airlines", on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. http://bit.ly/TheMainLine Image: San Francisco Airport, United Air Lines desk, 1934. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California. 1995.87.31 a
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