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United contracted the Syracuse China Company of Syracuse, NY, to create ceramic plates, bowls, coffee cups, and saucers in a classic, beige, scalloped edge design. The pattern comprised a brown line around the rim and United’s shield and circle logo. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
Qantas introduced the new widebody Boeing 767 and upgraded to the 747-300 and 747SP widebody jetliners in the 1980s. By 1987, the airline maintained 21 747s and 6 767s in its fleet and placed a large order for the next generation 747-400, introduced in 1989. #FlyingSouthernCross
This tweet was posted on December 06, 2022.
TWA launched Lockheed L-1049G transatlantic service to Europe in November 1955. The aircraft had the range to fly across the Atlantic nonstop. #TWA’s “Super Gs” featured comfortable, luxurious interiors that included a lounge, sleeping berths, & colorful murals. #DefunctThursday
This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
The featured individuals have a wide variety of life narratives spanning the last ninety years, offering an important historical record of transgender experience and activism in the United States.
#ToSurviveOnThisShore
This tweet was posted on December 09, 2022.
The resulting portraits and interviews provide a nuanced view into the struggles and joys of growing older as a transgender person and offer a poignant reflection on what it means to live authentically despite seemingly insurmountable odds.
#ToSurviveOnThisShore
This tweet was posted on December 09, 2022.
The uniform was complemented by a smart royal blue jacket with a burnt-orange collar and sleeve cuffs. The airline’s logo was affixed on the lapel. A matching scarf with the kangaroo pattern on black completed the ensemble. #FlyingSouthernCross
This tweet was posted on December 06, 2022.
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1. tour package brochure: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Europe; c. 1949
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2014.095.578 a b
2. postcard: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-049 Constellation; c. 1950
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2014.095.136
This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
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3. photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Terminal Building, TWA (Trans World Airlines); c. 1954
Transfer from San Francisco International Airport
1993.07.41 a
This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s. Born in Salt Lake City, Crookston dreamed of flying as a child. #SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
See “Japonisme: A Passion for Japan” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/CsNirkUbag
#Japonisme #Japan #Design #dragon #ceramics
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
Before the age of cell phones and seat-back entertainment systems, in-flight entertainment was generally low tech and relied on games. This 1940s gamer scorer from #PanAm could be used to keep track of a variety of games with columns for "we" & "they" on interior pages #52Objects
This tweet was posted on May 31, 2023.
Formally opened in December 1974, the Unknown Museum became a center of local creativity, rotating its own exhibitions, displaying the work of other artists, and hosting concerts and themed events. The museum continues as a private museum and lending archives. #UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2023.
Ik-Joong Kang began working in this format when he was a student and commuted long distances to various part-time jobs. #IkJoongKang #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM
This tweet was posted on May 31, 2023.
Jon Jon Augustavo is a Filipino American Los Angeles-based filmmaker whose visual poem, made in celebration of AANHPI heritage month, shares voices of the Asian diaspora in the United States.
#VideoArtsSFO #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM https://t.co/rIBLqiNPMK
This tweet was posted on May 25, 2023.
McGowan & Bascom created art and installations in a large room that allowed for mass assemblages and the “assault of the objects” on one’s senses. McGowan stated, “curating the museum allowed me to present my ‘two-cents-worth’ reactions to postwar American culture" #UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2023.
Native Hawaiian filmmaker Justyn Ah Chong collaborates with Law and Hawaiian Studies Professor Malia Akutagawa to explore how one Indigenous Hawaiian community is drawn into a complex quest to preserve their ancestral land and familial burial ground.
#VideoArtsSFO #APAHM #AAPIHM https://t.co/F0u3dWEymU
This tweet was posted on May 18, 2023.
RT @_Richard_Lyu: Hello beauty! Welcome to @flySFO Got a chance to look closely today. @united
This tweet was posted on May 30, 2023.
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game scorer: Pan American World Airways; c. 1947
Gift of Constance Ogilvie
2002.073.002 a h
https://t.co/BALtpa5rhp
This tweet was posted on May 31, 2023.
In 1971, TWA introduced a new flight attendant uniform conceived by Valentino Garavani in preparation for their Lockheed L-1011 TriStar delivery. In 1972, the airline proclaimed the L-1011 to be “the next generation of the jet age.” #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA
This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
In this experimental film capturing fluid dynamics under high-magnification, Italian filmmaker Sandro Bocci produces mind-bending visuals, like a painting in motion, accompanied by a hypnotic score from musician Mishikatomo. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
Patrons are greeted by a grand foyer with marble floors, cast-stone walls, and a 38 ft high vaulted ceiling. A decorated proscenium arch towers 51 ft over the stage, while a multi-tiered, 27 ft diameter, star-shaped chandelier hangs from the ceiling. #SFOperaCentennial
@SFOpera
This tweet was posted on December 16, 2022.
San Francisco Opera christened a new home at the War Memorial Opera House on October 15, 1932. A sold-out performance of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s "Tosca" was staged on opening night of the War Memorial Opera House. #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera
This tweet was posted on December 16, 2022.
The image begins with a view of the bay and a Ramaytush Ohlone fisherman pulling a tule boat leading to agricultural scenes, then to the wilderness of the headwaters in the California Sierra Mountains. #KimAnno #SFAC #publicart @SFAC
This tweet was posted on December 19, 2022.
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menu: Pan American World Airways, Historic First Flights series, Boeing 314; 1986
Gift of the Pan Am Association
2000.058.1124 a b
https://t.co/gu1kIqRjb4
This tweet was posted on December 14, 2022.
Bay Area filmmakers Tony Holman and Vida deKayla focus their lens on a man with a troubled past who finds redemption in building his own bakery. https://t.co/M7Ve3oBF1B
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.
One of the largest and most influential projects ever undertaken by the Boeing corporation, the Boeing Model 707 was the second successful pure-turbojet airliner to be introduced. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #Boeing707 #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.
Take a walk through the past! Our collection
includes many interior photos of the airport through
the years, over one hundred and thirty of which are online: https://t.co/2ZN5zkSnR4
#AvGeek #SFOHistory #airport
This tweet was posted on December 21, 2022.
The first flight of the Boeing 707 took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1957. The first Boeing 707 took flight on a rainy day from Renton Municipal Airport in Washington. #Boeing707 #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.
The students employ a variety of mediums, such as graphite, pen and ink, markers, and watercolors. One grand prize winner and twenty-three merit award winners are announced each year on Lions Day at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
#StudentArtSFO #LionsClub
This tweet was posted on December 19, 2022.
The success of "L’Ornement Polychrome" prompted a second series in 1885. The lavish imagery presented in both sets drew from cultures around the world and featured a variety of mediums, including woodwork, metalwork, architecture, textiles, and painting.
#victorianpaperedwall
This tweet was posted on December 21, 2022.
Thirteen-year-old grand prize winner Anja Rožen of Slovenia, who was sponsored by the Slovenj Gradec Lions Club, created a striking poster of arms representing the Earth knitting people of all colors together. #StudentArtSFO #LionsClub
This tweet was posted on December 19, 2022.
US Airways traced its roots to All American Aviation, which was founded in 1937. The experimental air mail pick up service used a hook that would snag pouches of outbound airmail and drop outbound airmail from the plane. #DefunctThursday #USAirways
This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.
Harvey Milk enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1951 and served as a diving officer then transferred to serve as a diving instructor. In 1955, he resigned at the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) after being officially questioned about his sexual orientation. #HarveyMilkExhibition
This tweet was posted on December 28, 2022.



























