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Shaped by decades of creating posters and sets for the stage and movies, Mark von Arenburg’s airline poster painting style evoked a similar drama and allure to his previous work in the entertainment industry.
This image was posted on July 15, 2024.
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During the postwar era, Pan American World Airways expanded its services throughout the globe and replaced its flying boat fleet with the latest land-based airliners.
This image was posted on July 12, 2024.
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The Boeing 747SP (Special Performance) took off on its maiden flight on July 4, 1975.
This image was posted on July 04, 2024.
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Virgin America's premium, first-class services included these twenty-one-inch-wide, ultra-plush leather seats arranged in sets of two on each bulkhead.
This image was posted on June 26, 2024.
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Harold McMillan Bixby (1890-1965), a midwestern businessman, started working for Pan American Airways in 1933 and helped manage PAA’s partnership in the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC).
This image was posted on June 18, 2024.
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Introduced in 1964, the Boeing 727 was a medium-range jetliner with intermediate capacity designed to serve regional airports with shorter runways.
This image was posted on June 05, 2024.
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Mark von Arenburg enjoyed a prolific art career from the 1920s to the 1950s.
This image was posted on June 04, 2024.
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This 1966 poster from the San Mateo County Historical Association celebrates the history of Mills Field, renamed to San Francisco Airport in 1931.
This image was posted on May 14, 2024.
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Neuschwanstein Castle or Schloss Neuschwanstein, is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Germany and frequently photographed and featured in airline destination posters for the country.
This image was posted on April 26, 2024.
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Our newest exhibition “Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection” is now on display in the Aviation Museum and Library.
This image was posted on April 08, 2024.
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SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System), the flag carrier for Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, was founded in 1951 after a merger of airlines from each country, Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S (DDL), Det Norske Luftfartselskap A/S (DNL), and Svensk Interkontinetal Lufttrafik AB (SILA).
This image was posted on April 03, 2024.
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One of the oldest posters we have in our collection is this 1909 Reims Air Meet poster “La Conquete De L’ Air” (The Conquest of the Air) from Le Petit Journal commemorating the air contest at Reims, France, held from August 22 to August 29, 1909.
This image was posted on March 29, 2024.
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