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We haven’t seen a voting machine like this in a long time; if you look closely, you’ll find an interesting assortment of state and city propositions on the 1962 ballot.
This image was posted on November 08, 2022.
#vote #voting #sfohistory
#Onthisday in 2017, United Airlines’ last scheduled Boeing 747 flight departed from SFO.
This image was posted on November 07, 2022.
#united #boeing747 #sfohistory #avgeek
Hangar No.
This image was posted on October 25, 2022.
#sfohistory #millsfield #airport #avgeek #aviationhistory
Designed in the International Style, SFO’s 1954 Terminal was a seven-story building and employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals.
This image was posted on October 04, 2022.
#sfohistory #sfo #avgeek #sfo1954 #airport
Our newest blog post is live!
This image was posted on October 03, 2022.
#sfohistory #avgeek #airport #cargo
Want to nerd out about airport history?
This image was posted on September 29, 2022.
#sfohistory #sfhistory #avgeek
#Onthisday in 1927, Hangar No.
This image was posted on September 23, 2022.
#avgeek #millsfield #sfohistory #sfo #airport
Did you know SFO Museum has the freestanding schedule board from San Francisco Airport’s 1937 passenger terminal?
This image was posted on September 19, 2022.
#avgeek #sfohistory
#Onthisday in 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed at Mills Field in his history-making Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis."
This image was posted on September 16, 2022.
#avgeek #charleslindbergh #sfhistory #sfohistory
To keep pace with the rapid expansion of commercial aviation in the 1940s and 50s, major airports around the world updated their facilities with longer runways, expansive taxiways, and modern passenger terminals including at San Francisco Airport, where construction of a new terminal began in 1951.
This image was posted on August 23, 2022.
#sfo1954 #sfohistory #avgeek #airport
During the mid-1920s, San Francisco leaders envisioned their city as the western terminus of a new transcontinental air mail system.
This image was posted on July 25, 2022.
#avgeek #millsfield #sfohistory #airport
Did you know our collections website has a recently acquired objects button?
This image was posted on June 15, 2022.
#avgeek #aviationhistory #sfohistory #airport #collections #museumlife