@SFOMuseum Instagram Posts Tagged 1930s This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Instagram account. There are 27 posts and this is page 1 of 3. See all the tags or all the Instagram posts that have been archived so far.

From the career history of Captain Charles Marinus Sundby, who served with companies including the Danish Naval Air Service and the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC): a celebration of his first solo flight on June 21, 1935, at the Avnø Air Station. This image was posted on November 18, 2021. #avgeek #pilotlife #1930s
Beyond the view of the passenger hall of the 1937 Administration Building, were a restaurant, beverage room, and kitchen. This image was posted on June 08, 2021. #sfohistory #airport #1930s #architecturaldrawing
The San Francisco Airport of yore paid just as much attention to detail to the look and feel of its passenger areas as it does today. This image was posted on March 23, 2021. #terminaltuesday #sfohistory #airport #airportarchitecture #1930s
As the commercial aviation industry grew in the early 1930s, it became apparent that San Francisco Airport needed to enlarge and enhance their passenger facilities. This image was posted on March 16, 2021. #terminaltuesday #sfohistory #airport #airportarchitechture #1930s
The all-metal, twin-engine Boeing 247 was a revolutionary airliner when it entered into service with United AIr Lines in 1933. This image was posted on February 03, 2021. #wingwednesday #avgeek #aviationhistory #boeing #1930s
As the world grows more and more interconnected, can you imagine what it was like to fly around the world in the 1930s, when the aviation industry was just in its infancy? This image was posted on January 12, 2021. #avgeek #photography #paa #panam #museumfromhome #1930s
With seats for ten passengers, the Boeing 247 was dubbed a “flying city” in this postcard advertisement. This image was posted on July 11, 2019. #avgeek #boeing #united #postcard #1930s
“Two miles a minute” is how Pan American advertised their services in 1931. This image was posted on June 12, 2019. #panam #paa #luggagelabel #trimotor #1930s
#OnThisDay in 1930, Ellen Church began her first shift as the first female cabin crewmember at Boeing Air Transport (BAT). This image was posted on May 15, 2019. #crewlife #ellenchurch #unitedairlines #boeing #avgeek #womeninaviation #flightattendant #aviationhistory #1930s
The first flight of the Boeing 247 took place #onthisday in 1933. This image was posted on February 09, 2019. #avgeek #boeing #boeing247 #united #unitedairlines #1930s
The first flight of the Boeing 247 took place #onthisday in 1933. This image was posted on February 09, 2019. #avgeek #boeing #boeing247 #united #unitedairlines #1930s
Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, an English journalist, was the only woman among sixty passengers and crew on the Graf Zeppelin when it flew around the world in 1929. This image was posted on January 23, 2019. #womeninaviation #paa #panam #wakeisland #journalist #panamerican #avgeek #1930s