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Paul George Lawler was one of the most recognized American airline poster artists of the early commercial aviation period.
This image was posted on May 08, 2024.
#airwaysartists
“Samm: Hank didn’t know she was a girl until she was around eleven or twelve.
This image was posted on May 07, 2024.
#jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender
The DC-7 was Douglas Aircraft’s final design evolution of the piston-powered, four-engine, low-wing airliner concept that began with the DC-4 in the 1940s.
This image was posted on May 03, 2024.
#cutabovemodels
RT @airandspace: On this day in 1957, a production version of the Boeing 707 flew for the first time.
Pictured here are Boeing 707-121s o…
This tweet was posted on December 20, 2023.
RT @SFOMuseum: There is still time to sign up for our monthly post-security Opera tours. Every first Tuesday of the month at 10am, we will…
This tweet was posted on July 14, 2023.
Though they were careful to call it an association, the ALSA was the first union established by women, led by women, and to represent primarily women. Few labor unions at the time even had female members.
#EdithLauterbach #WomensHistoryMonth
This tweet was posted on March 12, 2024.
Before the airline’s Berlin-based employees departed, Barbara Hanson wanted to remember the fun times and friends she had made or reunited with during her time at the base. She drew an outline of Berlin, the Wall, and many of the places the employees frequented.
This tweet was posted on July 31, 2023.
With a range of 1,500 miles, passengers on a DC-3 could expect to spend long durations of time seated in the cabin, particularly on transcontinental flights. #AirlinerChairs #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 28, 2023.
Dancers come from all over the world to perform with the San Francisco Ballet. Dancers train and rehearse an average of 6 hours each day, 6 days a week, in addition to devoting time outside of the studio conditioning and strength training. #SFBalletat90
This tweet was posted on November 20, 2023.
Schwarcz incorporated a variety of finishes into her vessel forms, both inside and out. She layered vivid, multicolored enamels in multiple kiln firings, at times sandblasting the exterior to contrast with the interior.
#UnconventionalEnamels
This tweet was posted on April 09, 2024.
"I was first aware of my identity when I was like six or seven years old.
This image was posted on April 16, 2024.
#jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming
During the 1960s, June Schwarcz pioneered electroforming, an innovative method that involved electroplating pieces made from thin copper foil.
This image was posted on April 09, 2024.
#unconventionalenamels #juneschwarcz #enamels
The remarkable Edith Lauterbach (1921-2013) helped establish, what is now known as, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which now represents nearly 60,000 flight attendants at 19 airlines.
This image was posted on March 12, 2024.
#edithlauterbach #womenshistorymonth
This Pan American Airways poster from circa 1939 by the artist Frank McIntosh advertises travel from San Francisco to Hawaii on a Boeing 314.
This image was posted on February 26, 2024.
#52posters
SFO is proud to announce the dedication of the International Terminal to the late US Senator and former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
This image was posted on January 26, 2024.
#diannefeinstein
Harvey Bernard Milk (1930–78) was a visionary human rights leader, a groundbreaking political luminary, and a seminal figure of the LGBTQ rights movement.
This image was posted on January 23, 2024.
#harveymilk #harveymilkexhibition #lgbtq #lgbtqrights #sfhistory
San Francisco International Airport’s International Terminal officially opened to the public on December 10, 2000.
This image was posted on December 11, 2023.
The development of the Wright J-5 Whirlwind began in the early 1920s with the Lawrance Aero-Engine Corporation, a company founded in 1917 by Charles L. Lawrance (1882–1950).
This image was posted on December 05, 2023.
#enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory
On November 29, 1935, the inaugural transpacific Pan American Airways airmail service landed in Manila from California carrying 110,865 letters.
This image was posted on November 29, 2023.
#52objects #chinaclipper #avgeek
In 1931, the longest over-water flying boat passenger service was operated by Pan American.
This image was posted on November 21, 2023.
In October 1951, the airport held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Central Terminal (now Terminal 2).
This image was posted on October 16, 2023.
#52objects
On this day in 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines.
This image was posted on September 18, 2023.
There is still time to sign up for our monthly post-security Opera tours. Every first Tuesday of the month at 10am, we will lead a group of visitors past security to see “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration!” Sign up here: https://t.co/BTtcSXdt9g #SFOperaCentennial https://t.co/CrGERmr1rw
This tweet was posted on April 11, 2023.
“When I was tiny kid I just wanted to grow up to be a husband and a father, but in that time and place it was completely impossible. So the notion that I have those things in my life now is nothing short of miraculous.” - Louis #ToSurviveOnThisShore
This tweet was posted on April 24, 2023.
With one refueling stop in Dakar, the inaugural Air France Concorde flight required just seven hours. A nonstop flight on a subsonic Boeing 747 during this time required more than eleven hours. #SSTTimeMachine #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.
Learn more about the Concorde in “Supersonic Time Machine: Documenting the Concorde,” on display pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/2CDygHAoyP
#SSTTimeMachine #Concorde #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.
Some claimed that spirits dictated entire books to them via the Ouija board. Others turned to talking boards to seek advice about their love lives or for guidance during troubled times.
Have you ever played with a Ouija board? #HappyHalloween #OuijaAndBeyond
This tweet was posted on October 31, 2022.
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. Remember to cast your ballot today!
#vote #voting #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on November 08, 2022.
Paint is forced through the stencil using a plastic-bladed squeegee. The printer must skip every other repeat to prevent the silkscreen frame from falling in wet ink. Each screen lays down one color at a time. #VictorianPaperedWall #Wallpaper #WallpaperWednesday
This tweet was posted on November 16, 2022.
The phrase “Here You Are / Are You Here” is a palindrome which flows throughout the scene, from side to side and foreground to background, prompting viewers traveling from all directions to consider not just where they are in space, but also where they are in time. #PaulMadonna
This tweet was posted on December 06, 2022.
Around the same time, in 1962, TWA opened their iconic terminal, the Trans World Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen, at New York International Airport, later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA
This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
TWA was purchased by American financier Carl Icahn in the 1980s, though the company struggled in the post airline-deregulation era. The airline filed for bankruptcy three times between 1992 and 2001, when it was acquired by American Airlines. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA
This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
In October 1957, Leontyne Price sang Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s 𝘈𝘪𝘥𝘢 for the first time in San Francisco. 𝘈𝘪𝘥𝘢 became one of Price’s famed operas in San Francisco and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. #BlackHistoryMonth #SFOperaCentennial #LeontynePrice
This tweet was posted on February 01, 2023.
Before people carried around cell phones in their pockets that automatically updated to the current time zone, airlines gave out convenient time converters to passengers on international flights. Have you been to any locations on this card?
#52Objects #Timezones #TWA #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on February 13, 2023.
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time converter: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-749 Constellation; 1950s
Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International
2002.113.011
https://t.co/Plueoo35eS
This tweet was posted on February 13, 2023.






























