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Some of the photographs featured in "The American Saloon: Historical Photographs from the Collection of Roger E. Kislingbury" capture the usage of objects similar to those on display in "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age". This image was posted on April 24, 2017.

Construction of the North Terminal (now Terminal 3) began #onthisday in 1971 with a groundbreaking ceremony that included a water canon salute performed by airport fire trucks. This image was posted on April 22, 2017. #sfohistory #sfhistory #avgeek #aviationhistory

The Arts and Crafts movement emerged in England in the 1880s. This image was posted on April 21, 2017. #artsandcrafts #sfoartsandcrafts

Clogs, carved wooden shoes, are made from a single piece of wood. This image was posted on April 21, 2017. #shoes #shoestagram #shoeswag #shoesoftheday #shoedesign #instashoes #shoefashion #shoeslover #footwearfriday #fridayfootwear

On display in Terminal 2 is the history of the design and use of ouija boards, or talking boards, from the 1800s to the present. This image was posted on April 20, 2017. #ouija #ouijaboard #ouijaboards #talkingboard #magiboard

The Central Terminal (now Terminal 2) has changed a lot since its construction in 1954. This image was posted on April 20, 2017. #tbt #throwbackthursday #sfohistory #avgeek #aviationhistory

The first American Airlines Boeing 747 jet flight to New York took off from SFO #onthisday in 1970. This image was posted on April 19, 2017. #sfohistory #sfo #sfhistory #avgeek #aviationhistory #aa #americanairlines #boeing #boeing747 #747

Have you ever wondered how aircraft are painted? This image was posted on April 18, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #worldairways #mcdonnelldouglas #dc10

The 1974 TWA uniform by New York-based fashion designer Stan Herman in lightweight wool was part of a popular mix-and-match set worn until 1977. This image was posted on April 17, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #twa

The first Western Air Express flight departed #onthisday in 1926 with an airmail flight from LA to Salt Lake City in a Douglas M-2 mailplane. This image was posted on April 17, 2017. #delta #westernairlines #westernairexpress #wae #airmail #avgeek #aviationhistory

Happy Birthday, American Airlines! This image was posted on April 15, 2017.

Created to celebrate fifty years of scheduled transpacific air service, this color print of a watercolor painting by Oakland-born Dong Kingman depicts a Pan American China Clipper aircraft flying past the uncompleted Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This image was posted on April 14, 2017. #dongkingman #panam #chinaclipper #transpacific #earlyaviation #watercolor #californiastyle #cahistory #sfhistory #goldengatebridge #sanfrancisco #avgeek #aviationhistory

In the 1970s, Hughes Airwest advertised itself as the “Top banana in the West” and caricatured its aircraft as flying bananas on its ads and promotional materials. This image was posted on April 13, 2017. #hughes #hughesairwest #republicairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory

In no part of the world did gambling take place so openly and on such a large scale than in San Francisco during the Victorian era. This image was posted on April 12, 2017. #slotmachines

The major influence in British punk fashion, Dame Vivienne Westwood (b. This image was posted on April 12, 2017. #viviennewestwood #westwood #manchester #virginatlantic #womeninaviation #5womenartists #avgeek #aviationhistory #punk #british #england #fashion

Happy Birthday Air Canada! This image was posted on April 10, 2017. #aircanada #transcanadaairlines #tca #canada

This is your last week to see "#AModernApproach: #MidCentury #Design”! This image was posted on April 10, 2017.

In an era before surfboards had leashes and prior to corporate sponsorship, Jeff Divine captured the burgeoning sport of surfing on 35mm film. This image was posted on April 09, 2017. #waves #surfing #surfinglife #surfingphotos #surfsup #surfers #surflife #surf #photography #1970s

#Onthisday in 1988, the last branded PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) flight, #1486, departed San Diego at 10:35 PM and landed in Las Vegas as a USAir flight. This image was posted on April 08, 2017. #psa #usair #americanairlines #american #sandiego #lasvegas #onthisday

Convent & Stuart Hall is one of more than two hundred Sacred Heart schools, an international network that offers an innovative values-based program rich in the arts, math, science, and the humanities. This image was posted on April 07, 2017.

Happy Birthday #United Airlines! This image was posted on April 06, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #boeing

Board game manufacturer #MiltonBradley first released their unusual take on the talking board in 1892. This image was posted on April 05, 2017.

Breaking with the bold, cutting-edge looks of its past uniforms, UTA turned to Parisian luxury goods maker #Hermès for a new wardrobe in 1979. This image was posted on April 05, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #uta #crewlife #paxex #flightattendant #crewlife #fa #fashioninflight #hostesses #flightattendantlife #flightcrew #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninaviation

In the 1970s, Pan American World Airways offered meal service to passengers in upper deck first class cabin of Boeing 747. This image was posted on April 04, 2017. #boeing #panam #747 #boeing747 #firstclass #avgeek #aviationhistory

This year Austrian Airlines turns 60. This image was posted on April 04, 2017. #austrianairlines #airaustria #austrianairways #austria #wien #vienna

“The way of life in California is not like a life in Chicago…it’s outdoor-indoor living, and I wanted to do something that was as nice to use and as beautiful for everyday use as it was for Sunday’s best.” – Edith Heath Influenced by organic design and refined #modernism, Edith Heath (1911–2005) translated the studio pottery aesthetics of her early hand-thrown work into small-batch production methods for storage vessels and tableware. This image was posted on April 03, 2017. #heath #heathceramics #5womenartists #edithheath #brianheath

“I wanted to make a story about animals on the brink of extinction,” Pavlina Ecclesiarhou The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List, which assesses over 19,000 threatened species, originally inspired San Francisco-based artist Pavlina Ecclesiarhou to begin her Epitaphs series. This image was posted on April 02, 2017. #pavlinaecclesiarhou #epitaphs #airportart #conservation #animals #taxidermy #naturalhistory #biodiversity #photography

First delivered on January 31, 1949, the first flight of Pan American Airway's Boeing 377 was from SFO to Honolulu #onthisday in 1949. This image was posted on April 01, 2017. #boeing #boeing377 #panam #avgeek #aviationhistory

The Pan Am Historical Foundation was established #onthisday in 1992 by a group of former Pan American employees to preserve and promote the unique heritage of Pan American World Airways, Inc. and its incomparable contributions to the technology, convenience, safety and excitement of commercial aviation. This image was posted on March 31, 2017. #panamericanhistoricalfoundation #panam #avgeek #aviationhistory

Famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893–1986) designed and styled everything from Studebaker cars to refrigerators, corporate logos, and the NASA Skylab. This image was posted on March 30, 2017. #design #raymondloewy #industrialdesign #cocacola #sodaorpop

What did flight gear look like in 1932? This image was posted on March 30, 2017. #womeninaviation #avgeek #aviationhistory #throwbackthursday #tbt #aviatrix #sfohistory #womenshistorymonth #fashion

The mid-1930s were heady times for airlines across the United States. This image was posted on March 29, 2017. #americanairlines #ivandmitri #levonwest #photography #colorphotography #1930s #aviationhistory

Janet Knight began flying in 1930 and was the first woman to earn a transport license at Mills Field. This image was posted on March 29, 2017. #womenshistorymonth #womeninaviation #avgeek #aviationhistory #aviatrix #sfohistory