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The United Air Lines Ticket office opened in the 1930s on the northwest corner of Union Square in downtown San Francisco. Many other airlines also had ticket offices around Union Square. Did you ever buy tickets from these ticket offices? United Air Lines, San Francisco ticket office c. 1940 SFO Museum Collection Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.23
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