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From the hiring of the world’s first airline stewardess in 1930—which took place in San Francisco—the flight attendant uniform has been documented in photographs ranging from the formal to the impromptu. Our newest photography show on view is largely composed of examples of the more formal type of image where the subjects are posed for individual or group shots. "#FashionInFlight: A Photo Album" is on display in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. The Aviation Museum and Library is open daily from 10am to 4:30pm. http://bit.ly/FIFPhotos Hughes Airwest hostesses in uniforms by Mario Armond Zamparelli c. 1972 photograph The Hughes Airwest Collection/The Museum of Flight R2016.0323.001 This image was posted on September 29, 2016.

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