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This photo shows the newly constructed 1937 passenger terminal and four hangars. The airport had a whopping total of four planes and sixty-three cars parked around the terminal. #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #avgeek Image: San Francisco Airport, aerial, 1938, 2009.104.018
This image was posted on February 16, 2017.
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