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This photo shows the newly constructed 1937 passenger terminal and four hangars. This image was posted on February 16, 2017.

The Arch of Constantine spans the route taken by triumphant emperors returning from battle to Rome. This image was posted on February 13, 2017. #rome: #piraneseum", #allroadsrome #grandtour #italy

#OnThisDay in 1933, the first flight of the Boeing 247 took place. This image was posted on February 08, 2017.

This c. 1936 postcard features a rendering of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge superimposed on a photographic image of San Francisco. This image was posted on January 27, 2017.

Parkside Intermediate School serves sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students in the San Bruno Park School District. This image was posted on January 14, 2017. #airportart

#OnThisDay in 1934, the first Martin M-130 took its first test flight in Baltimore, Maryland. This image was posted on December 30, 2016.

Our exhibition featuring art from students from Jose Ortega Elementary School in San Francisco is closing soon. This image was posted on December 24, 2016. #studentart #airportart

SFO is constantly planning and implementing improvements to provide innovative terminals with the capacity to support an ever-increasing number of passengers. This image was posted on November 26, 2016.

During the 1920s and early 1930s, making a profit in commercial aviation was very difficult without a lucrative airmail route contract. This image was posted on October 19, 2016.

Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) worked in #sculpture and created a handful of functional objects. This image was posted on September 28, 2016.

On September 15, 1963, the South Terminal (now Terminal 1) was dedicated at San Francisco International Airport. This image was posted on September 15, 2016.

Mid-twentieth-century modern design balanced expression with efficiency and utility. This image was posted on September 02, 2016.

These four sculptures were created from translucent white silicone coated fiberglass material stretched over a metal frame and inserted within the truss structure of the skylights, 70 feet above the floor. This image was posted on July 21, 2016.

With airport planners projecting annual passenger traffic at SFO to reach 23 million, a series of design, engineering, and construction projects were proposed during the late 1960s and early ‘70s. This image was posted on July 14, 2016.

Creating the first transpacific air route required the construction of bases on islands throughout the Pacific for layovers and refueling stations. This image was posted on June 06, 2016.

#TBT: Throwback to when the second Air Traffic Control Tower above Terminal 2 was being constructed; it replaced the first 1954 Air Traffic Control Tower (at right) and was completed in 1981. This image was posted on May 26, 2016.

#OnThisDay in 1960, the Pan American Worldport terminal opened at Idlewild Airport, now called John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. This image was posted on May 24, 2016.

Untitled. This object is currently not on display (or in a public location) but used to be on display in Terminal 2 (Boarding Area D)

Untitled. This object is currently not on display (or in a public location) but used to be on display in Terminal 2 (Boarding Area D)

Four Sculptural Light Reflectors. This object is currently not on display (or in a public location) but used to be on display in International Terminal (International Terminal Main Hall)

Four Sculptural Light Reflectors. This object is currently not on display (or in a public location) but used to be on display in International Terminal (Boarding Area D)

Four Sculptural Light Reflectors. This object is currently not on display (or in a public location) but used to be on display in International Terminal (International Terminal Main Hall)

Four Sculptural Light Reflectors. This object is currently not on display (or in a public location) but used to be on display in International Terminal (International Terminal Main Hall)

During the 1940s, United Air Lines constructed a large West Coast Maintenance Base at San Francisco Airport, along with this beautiful office building. This image was posted on April 07, 2016.

To create “The Hexapodarium” series, Gail Wight focused her creative vision on the housefly, an insect that evolved sixty-five-million-years ago. This image was posted on March 06, 2016.

Featuring the Pan American Airways Martin M-130 China Clipper, this colorful postcard from circa 1935 is missing two distinctive Bay Area landmarks, for which construction was underway but not complete. This image was posted on February 12, 2016.

Midway Atoll, part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, was used by Pan American Airways as an island stop on their transpacific flights from California to the Philippines. This image was posted on February 09, 2016.

Check out our thousands of photos of SFO on our online database. This image was posted on January 24, 2016.

In 1939, a World’s Fair was hosted by San Francisco. This image was posted on December 30, 2015.

Pan American’s transpacific flight service would not have been possible without the additional support and expert skills of the airline technicians and construction engineers who built the island bases. This image was posted on December 14, 2015.

In addition to the aviation publications from our special collections in the exhibition “Early Birds” are aircraft models on view courtesy of Jim Lund. This image was posted on December 02, 2015.