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SFO Museum received a special visit from filmmaker Howard Kung and his sister Michelle, who flew to SFO to see Howard’s wonderful animated short The Lonely Stoplight, now playing at our Video Arts screening room in the International Terminal Main Hall. This image was posted on July 24, 2019. #videoartssfom #film #video #illustration #thelonelystreetlight #streetlight #disney #howardkung #waltdisney #waltdisneyfamilymuseum

Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American Airways, reportedly “discovered” Wake Island while scouring through 19th century clipper ship logs at the New York Public Library. This image was posted on July 24, 2019. #wakeisland #wake #paa #panam #panamerican #avgeek #paxex

San Francisco International Airport is celebrating the opening of the brand-new Harvey Milk Terminal 1 today! This image was posted on July 23, 2019. #sfohistory #terminal1 #harveymilkterminal1 #sfhistory #avgeek #paxex

When you say “bug” to entomologists, they assume you mean a true bug—an insect in the order Hemiptera. This image was posted on July 22, 2019. #intriguinginsects #worldofinsects #insects #entomology #berkeley #ucberkeley #truebugs #bugs #hemiptera #museum

One of the first uses of aluminum helicopter rotor blades was in the Hiller XH-44 “Hiller-copter”, designed and built by Stanley Hiller, Jr. (1924–2006) in 1944 at the age of nineteen. This image was posted on July 21, 2019. #aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #hillercopter #helicopter #museum

Developed and produced by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. of Great Britain, the Viscount was the world’s first turboprop airliner to go into service. This image was posted on July 16, 2019. #aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #vickers #viscount #vickersviscount #modelplane #aircraftmodel #museum

The first Western Air Express flight departed on April 17, 1926, with an airmail flight from LA to Salt Lake City in a Douglas M-2 mailplane. This image was posted on July 15, 2019. #westernairexpress #westernairlines #deltaairlines #avgeek #routemap #map

Anglo-Japanese furniture was typically painted with a shiny black lacquer to mimic Japanese lacquer. This image was posted on July 12, 2019. #victorianpedestals #victorian #pedestals #victorianfurniture #victoriana #design #decorativeart #interiorstyle #egret #lacquer

With seats for ten passengers, the Boeing 247 was dubbed a “flying city” in this postcard advertisement. This image was posted on July 11, 2019. #avgeek #boeing #united #postcard #1930s

During the late 1930s, appliances for the office and home underwent a major transformation. This image was posted on July 10, 2019. #streamlinesaesthetics #streamline #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #typewriter #1940s #typewriters

C. Carl Jennings (1910–2003) forged modern, sculptural forms and decorative items using ancient metalworking techniques. This image was posted on July 09, 2019. #californiacrafts #forrestmerrill #studiocraft #ccarljennings #metalwork #blacksmith #coppersmith

The first flight of the Boeing 377 took place #onthisday in 1947. This image was posted on July 08, 2019. #avgeek #aviationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #boeing #boeing377 #stratocruiser

“Waiting” is a large-scale photographic close-up of four central figures involved in the familiar yet deeply symbolic drama of waiting in an airport for the return of loved ones. This image was posted on July 08, 2019. #publicart #mosaic #immigration #waiting #waitingattheairport

#Onthisday in 1994, the "rebooted" Frontier Airlines commenced operations. This image was posted on July 05, 2019. #avgeek #frontier #livery #airbus

NOW PLAYING: A streetlamp, traffic signal, and stoplight perform a choreography at a lonely intersection of rural byways in San Pasqual High School student Howard Kung’s award-winning film for Walt Disney Family Museum’s 2019 Teen Animation International Festival. This image was posted on July 05, 2019. #videoartssfom #film #video #illustration #thelonelystreetlight #streetlight #disney #howardkung #waltdisney #waltdisneyfamilymuseum

This Renaissance Revival pedestal exhibits both veneering and marquetry. This image was posted on July 03, 2019. #victorianpedestals #victorian #pedestals #victorianfurniture #victoriana #design #decorativeart #interiorstyle

American Modern Gothic furnishings evolved from the nineteenth-century English design reform movement in England. This image was posted on July 01, 2019. #victorianpedestals #victorian #pedestals #victorianfurniture #victoriana #design #decorativeart #interiorstyle