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See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 07, 2024.
See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 21, 2024.
See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on September 03, 2024.
See “A Cut Above: Airplane Models from the SFO Museum Collection” on display, pre-security, in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: https://t.co/kyjOuhRNMD #CutAboveModels #AvGeek This tweet was posted on September 04, 2024.
See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on September 18, 2024.
See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 02, 2024.
📸: 3. TWA (Trans World Airlines) Italy travel poster c. 1957 David Klein paper, ink Collection of SFO Museum Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2001.135.066 R2024.0601.017 https://t.co/Kjdlw9RWil #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.
By contrast, in David Klein's Spain and Italy posters, he used a modern three-dimensional style. His Spain poster highlights one of the country’s popular attractions, the bullfights, with intricately dressed matadors. #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.
In his poster for Italy, David Klein features Venice’s most recognizable landmark, the Piazza San Marco, or St. Mark’s Square, with St. Mark’s Basilica and the Campanile bell tower. #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.
See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.
📸: 1. TWA (Trans World Airlines) Paris travel poster c. 1957 David Klein paper, ink Collect ion of SFO Museum 1995.03.01 R2024.0601.020 https://t.co/fKKqsS07cK #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.
📸: 2. TWA (Trans World Airlines) Spain travel poster c. 1957 David Klein paper, ink Collection of SFO Museum Gift of Captain Jon Simmonds 2016.080.007 R2024.0601.018 https://t.co/Yostrb7hHr #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.
See “A Cut Above: Airplane Models from the SFO Museum Collection” on display, pre-security, in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: https://t.co/kyjOuhRNMD #CutAboveModels #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 17, 2024.
The poster commemorates the closing of the original buildings of Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco on May 14, 1966. poster: San Mateo County Historical Association, Mills Field; 1966 Gift of John R. Barker 2002.005.044 a https://t.co/qZFZTjYHpS #52Posters #AvGeek This tweet was posted on May 14, 2024.
Introduced in 1964, the Boeing 727 was a medium-range jetliner designed to serve regional airports with shorter runways. Beginning in the early 1970s, PSA offered Boeing 727 interiors in peach, pink, & magenta, similar to the colors featured on their liveries at the time. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 05, 2024.
This three-seat coach section was manufactured by Boeing for installation in the 727 airliner in the 1960s. It was upholstered in the 1970s by PSA in an intricate floral pattern fabric inspired by the countercultural, flower-power designs of the era. #AvGeek #Braniff This tweet was posted on June 05, 2024.
See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 12, 2024.
Virgin America's premium, first-class services included these twenty-one-inch-wide, ultra-plush leather seats arranged in sets of two. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 26, 2024.
The Boeing 747SP (Special Performance) took off on its maiden flight #onthisday on 1975. The 747SP was introduced by Pan American in 1976. Pan American specifically requested the 747SP as it offered longer range, increased speed, and was capable of using shorter runways. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 04, 2024.
National Airlinesbegan European service with their daily nonstop round-trip Miami to London route in 1970. Flown on the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, service from Miami to Amsterdam began in 1978. Have you ever been to Amsterdam? #52Posters #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 18, 2024.
See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 15, 2024.
📸: poster: Singapore Airlines, Airbus A300; c. 1981 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2006.010.273 https://t.co/Ajep6cNCGK #52Posters #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 28, 2024.
#OnThisDay in 1972, the first Airbus A300 took off on its maiden flight. This image was posted on October 28, 2024. #52posters #avgeek
For the majority of the 1970s, only four domestic airlines were approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to fly to Europe from the United States. This image was posted on October 18, 2024. #52posters #avgeek
After World War II, the domestic carrier Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) added many new international routes to Europe and beyond and changed its name to Trans World Airlines. This image was posted on October 09, 2024. #airwaysartists #avgeek
When Harold Bixby arrived in China in early 1933 on behalf of Pan American Airways, his main tasks were to expand the operations of the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and to establish Pan American as a presence in the regional aviation community. This image was posted on October 07, 2024. #bixbycollection #panam #haroldbixby #avgeek
David Klein (1918-2005) was a highly acclaimed American artist, most recognized for his TWA (Trans World Airlines) posters from the 1950s and ‘60s. This image was posted on October 02, 2024. #airwaysartists #avgeek
This is one of the first posters acquired for the museum's permanent collection. This image was posted on September 25, 2024. #52posters #americanoverseasairlines #americanair #panam #panamerican #avgeek
Harry Rogers, a poster artist and graphic designer for Qantas from the late 1950s through the ‘80s, created numerous travel posters for the airline from the 1950s to the ’70s. This image was posted on September 18, 2024.
Born in Australia in 1929, Harry Rogers was a poster artist and graphic designer for Qantas from the late 1950s through the ‘80s. This image was posted on September 03, 2024. #airwaysartists #avgeek
When midwestern businessman Harold Bixby (1890-1965) worked for the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) in partnership with Pan American Airways (PAA), CNAC exclusively flew American-built aircraft types. This image was posted on August 27, 2024. #bixbycollection #panam #haroldbixby #avgeek
Charles Baskerville’s painting style was described as that of an “old school portrait painter.” During the 1940s, he created this Siam (Thailand) poster with Buddhist monks looking at a statue of a guardian (yaksha) in front of one of the country’s most famous landmarks, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), located within the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. This image was posted on August 21, 2024. #airwaysartists #avgeek
During its first year of operations, Virgin America flew to only eight cities. This image was posted on August 16, 2024. #vxforever #avgeek
Pan American World Airways expanded its routes during the postwar years to include the newly independent countries of India and Pakistan, as well as Thailand (formerly Siam). This image was posted on August 07, 2024. #airwaysartists #avgeek
While Harold Bixby worked at the China National Aviation Corporation, the company placed a high priority on expanding the airline’s fleet to include larger, more modern aircraft. This image was posted on July 29, 2024. #bixbycollection #panam #haroldbixby #avgeek
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. #airwaysartists #avgeek