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#Onthisday in 1951, construction began on the new terminal building at San Francisco International Airport. The new terminal (now Terminal 2) was built to replace the 1937 terminal. Image: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), aerial view photograph, 1954. SFO Museum Collection. 1997.52.045.008 a This image was posted on October 05, 2017.

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