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See gorgeously illustrated books in “Early Birds: Selections from the Tony Bill Aviation Library Collection, 1893–1914”, located pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. The Aviation Museum and Library is open from Sunday through Friday, 10am to 4:30pm or check out our online exhibition at: http://www.flysfo.com/museum/exhibitions/early-birds-selections-tony-bill-aviation-library-collection-1893%E2%80%931914 How to Fly: or, The Conquest of the Air; The Story of Man’s Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by Which He Has Succeeded 1910 By Richard Ferris T. Nelson & Sons, New York SFO Museum 2000.160.0353
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