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“I got interested in air traffic controlling because of my love for aviation…Flying was complete happiness to me.” —Maxine Crookston (Schmidt), 2015 Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s.
This image was posted on December 13, 2022.
#sfohistory #avgeek #maxinecrookstonschmidt #maxinecrookston
Japanese art was influenced by other Eastern countries, such as China and India.
This image was posted on December 13, 2022.
#japonisme #japan #design #dragon #ceramics
What’s happening at the museum?
This image was posted on December 12, 2022.
#museummonday #behindthescenes #museumlife
Representations of older transgender people are nearly absent from our culture and those that do exist are often one-dimensional.
This image was posted on December 09, 2022.
#jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming
Ever wonder what airplane tickets looked like in the 1920s?
This image was posted on December 09, 2022.
#avgeek #boeing #collections #tickets
Until World War II, Transcontinental and Western Air Inc (TWA) primarily operated domestic passenger and mail services in the United States.
This image was posted on December 08, 2022.
#defunctthursday #avgeek #twa #transworldairlines
#Onthisday in 1941, San Francisco Airport became an U.S. Army Air Corps training and staging facility.
This image was posted on December 07, 2022.
#avgeek #sfohistory
In the mid-1980s, Qantas introduced a new corporate look with a fresh livery for their aircraft, along with a new line of cabin and ground crew uniforms.
This image was posted on December 06, 2022.
#flyingsoutherncross #avgeek #qantas #uniform #crewlife
San Francisco-based artist Paul Madonna is known for blending poetic and poignant text with lush and inviting hand-drawn cityscapes.
This image was posted on December 06, 2022.
#paulmadonna #publicart #sanfrancisco
Formed in 1931 from the merger and acquisition of several airlines, United Air Lines grew and prospered as one of the leading U.S. coast-to-coast carriers during the ensuing decades.
This image was posted on December 05, 2022.
#airlinemealsets #avgeek #paxex
#Onthisday in 1919, Lee Mullican was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma.
This image was posted on December 02, 2022.
#publicart #leemullican #painting
Transcontinental and Western Air Inc (TWA) was founded in July 1930 through a merger of several airlines and was one of the first airlines to offer transcontinental service.
This image was posted on December 01, 2022.
#defunctthursday #avgeek #twa #transworldairways