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Did you know Bernard M. “Mike” Doolin, the fourth director of the airport was also an accomplished aviator? This image was posted on June 12, 2023.
What did the Airport look like #onthisday in 1940? This image was posted on May 12, 2023. #sfohistory #avgeek
Happy Birthday SFO! This image was posted on May 08, 2023. #52objects #sfohistory #avgeek
Do you recognize this building? This image was posted on April 24, 2023. #52objects #sfohistory
Visitors to the Aviation Museum will no doubt recognize this large Pan Am floor globe! This image was posted on April 03, 2023. #52objects #avgeek #panam #sfhistory #sfohistory #earthmonth
Christening ceremonies for airplanes arose from the tradition of christening ships, where a fluid was broken or poured on a ship’s hull and the ship was blessed with a name and good luck. This image was posted on March 27, 2023. #52objects #womenshistorymonth #sfohistory #avgeek #shirleytempleblack
There was beautiful weather #onthisday in 1966! This image was posted on March 23, 2023. #throwbackthursday #sfohistory #avgeek
#Onthisday in 1927 the City and County of San Francisco signed a lease with the Mills Estate for 150 acres to use as an airport. This image was posted on March 15, 2023. #sfhistory #sfohistory #avgeek
Ruth Kadish was the first woman to serve on the San Francisco Airport Commission upon being appointed in 1976 by Mayor George Moscone; she served until 1984. This image was posted on March 13, 2023.
This terminal, shown under construction in 1983, does not look like this today. This image was posted on February 28, 2023. #sfohistory #triviatuesday
While researching options for an airport between 1925-26, the office of San Francisco Mayor James Rolfe, Jr. sent telegrams to cities around the country to inquire about their own air field operations or intentions. This image was posted on February 27, 2023.
In the 1930s, as commercial aviation evolved into a more practical mode of transportation, San Francisco Airport launched a series of major improvements. This image was posted on February 24, 2023. #millsfield #sfohistory #avgeek
What did SFO look like #onthisday in 1928? This image was posted on February 01, 2023. #avgeek #sfohistory #sfo
This pencil-drawn site plan was produced by the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Public Works, for the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, titled “Progress Chart for Grading / Contract No. This image was posted on January 09, 2023. #52objects #sfohistory #sfhistory #millsfield #airport
Take a walk through the past! This image was posted on December 21, 2022. #avgeek #sfohistory #airport
“I got interested in air traffic controlling because of my love for aviation…Flying was complete happiness to me.” —Maxine Crookston (Schmidt), 2015 Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s. This image was posted on December 13, 2022. #sfohistory #avgeek #maxinecrookstonschmidt #maxinecrookston
#Onthisday in 1941, San Francisco Airport became an U.S. Army Air Corps training and staging facility. This image was posted on December 07, 2022. #avgeek #sfohistory
Under construction for three years, the 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal building was extensively documented. This image was posted on November 18, 2022. #avgeek #sfohistory #sfo #millsfieldsfo
The Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco was commissioned #onthisday in 1940. This image was posted on November 15, 2022. #avgeek #sfohistory #coastguard
San Francisco and Oakland (SFO) Helicopter Airlines was founded in 1961. This image was posted on November 10, 2022. #defunctthursday #sfohelicopter #avgeek #aviationhistory #sfohistory
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. This image was posted on November 08, 2022. #vote #voting #sfohistory
#Onthisday in 2017, United Airlines’ last scheduled Boeing 747 flight departed from SFO. This image was posted on November 07, 2022. #united #boeing747 #sfohistory #avgeek
@MisterMcPet @OpenSFHistory According to the title block on an architectural drawing in our collection, there is no attribution to an independent architectural firm. This 1936 drawing was signed off by the airport manager and the building was funded under the Federal Public Works Administration. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on September 20, 2022.
Did you know SFO Museum has the freestanding schedule board from San Francisco Airport’s 1937 passenger terminal? For years the board was large enough to post the arrival and departure times for all scheduled airlines serving San Francisco. #avgeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on September 19, 2022.
Want to nerd out about airport history? Within our online database are more than 40 administrative records from the airport’s early history, including the 1927 rental agreement for the parcel of land @flySFO sits on today. https://t.co/QdMYPCN6hR #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 28, 2022.
Dedicated roadways streamlined traffic to the 1954 terminal, and passenger entryways on both levels were fitted with hands-free, automatic doors—an exciting new invention at the time. Passenger operations exceeded 2.5 million for the first year. #SFOHistory #SFO #AvGeek #SFO1954 This tweet was posted on October 04, 2022.
Designed in the International Style, SFO’s 1954 Terminal was a seven-story building and employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. #SFOHistory #SFO #AvGeek #SFO1954 This tweet was posted on October 04, 2022.
Our newest blog post is live! Long-time visitors to @flySFO—especially airline employees—know that the airport has changed significantly over time. Registrar Tomo Aono documents the Airport’s cargo areas through historic & contemporary photos: https://t.co/kx5AXYKDVM #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on October 03, 2022.
See “The 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal” on display in the SkyTerrace in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/1CYQBq5tPi The SkyTerrace located pre-security in Terminal 2 and is open Friday to Monday from 10 am to 6 pm. #SFOHistory #SFO #AvGeek #SFO1954 This tweet was posted on October 04, 2022.
On April 19 and #onthisday in 1930, the U. S. Army Air Corps held an air show at Mills Field Airport. 135 military airplanes performing precision maneuvers attracted, according to some reports, as many as 100,000 spectators. #SFOHistory #SFHistory #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 20, 2022.
Do you know that you can search our collection website by airport? Browse through over 4,000 objects online related to our favorite airport, @flySFO—everything from photographs and postcards to correspondence and architectural drawings. https://t.co/1lO1Yj8dcg #AvGeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 06, 2022.
#OnThisDay in 1927, the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco officially began operations. #AvGeek #AviationHistory #SFHistory #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 07, 2022.
City officials signed a three-year lease for 150 acres of cattle-grazing land from Ogden Mills, and less than two months later on May 7, a 5,770-foot-long, dirt-surfaced runway was dedicated at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco. #AvGeek #MillsField #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 25, 2022.
See “Mills Field and the San Francisco Airport” on display in the SkyTerrace in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/fDFrgJLUw7 The SkyTerrace located pre-security in Terminal 2 and is open Friday to Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. #AvGeek #MillsField #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 25, 2022.
See “The 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal” on display in the SkyTerrace in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/1CYQBq5tPi The SkyTerrace located pre-security in Terminal 2 and is open Friday to Monday from 10 am to 6 pm. #SFO1954 #SFOHistory #AvGeek #airport This tweet was posted on August 24, 2022.
To keep pace with the rapid expansion of commercial aviation in the 1940s and 50s, major airports updated their facilities with longer runways and modern passenger terminals including at @flySFO, where construction of a new terminal began in 1951. #SFO1954 #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on August 24, 2022.