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If you were flying high above the airport in 1930, this would have been your view. In this composite aerial photograph, created by Bay Area photographer George E. Russell, Burlingame, Millbrae, San Bruno, and South San Francisco are all recognizable - even the concrete lettering on Sign Hill, which was added the year before.
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