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Before we could just pull out our handy smart phones to tell us the time in another part of the world, international airlines often gave out manual paper and plastic time converters. This image was posted on April 01, 2016.

Discoveries of ancient Roman glass inspired late nineteenth-century artists to produce similarly lustrous glass. This image was posted on March 31, 2016.

After three years of storyboarding and re-storyboarding, capturing the characters through the voices of actors seems like it should be a straightforward venture—actors come to the studio, read their lines, and go home. This image was posted on March 29, 2016.

The first Boeing 747SP (Special Performance), the Clipper Young America, was delivered to Pan American World Airways #onthisday in 1976. This image was posted on March 05, 2016.

In January of 1911, an Aviation Meet was held at Tanforan Aviation Park, also called Selfridge Field. This image was posted on March 04, 2016.

Before satellites and computers: these photographs of Mills Field in 1928 document the various instruments airport workers used to take weather readings. This image was posted on February 18, 2016. #throwbackthursday

During the 1950s, flying on a commercial airliner was often a formal endeavor. This image was posted on January 29, 2016.

#Onthisday in 1970, the first scheduled Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 wide-body jet took off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport at 1:52AM. This image was posted on January 22, 2016.

Los Angeles is only about 380 miles from San Francisco, but who would trade a four-hour plane ride for a lengthy train journey of over twelve hours? This image was posted on October 13, 2015.

In 1945, Ada Brown became the founder and first President of the earliest recognized flight attendant union, the Air Line Stewardess Association (ALSA). This image was posted on October 07, 2015.

In 1915, for the first time in human history, the general public had access to the crowning achievement of the industrial age—the “aeroplane.” Death defying aviators performed aerial stunts at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition as huge audiences swooned. This image was posted on September 30, 2015.

Shortly after the United States entered World War II in 1941, the nation quickly mobilized for war and nearly all able-bodied men under the age of forty-five volunteered or were drafted into the armed forces. This image was posted on September 23, 2015. #womeninaviation

Our new football exhibition, The Nation’s Game: The NFL from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, opens this month, just in time for the start of the 2015–16 NFL season. This image was posted on September 21, 2015. #thenationsgame! #mondaynightfootball

What a beautiful combination. This image was posted on September 17, 2015.

This week we would like to feature the remarkable Edith Lauterbach for Women in Aviation Wednesday. This image was posted on September 02, 2015.

One of our preparators, Nick, would love to go to New Zealand for his dream holiday. This image was posted on September 01, 2015. #traveltuesday

The Wolf Man (1941) launched Universal’s second wave of horror films. This image was posted on August 31, 2015. #classicmonsters #kirkhammett #monstermonday #kirksmonsters

On this day in 1954, the dedication ceremony for SFO's new Airport Terminal Building (later the Central Terminal, now Terminal 2) was kicked off. This image was posted on August 27, 2015.

For this week's #TravelTuesday, our Curator of Aviation, Dennis, would love to go to Copenhagen, via SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System), for his dream vacation. This image was posted on August 25, 2015.

Unlike some other models that depict pagodas in their pristine state, Tushanwan carvers depicted the Thunder Peak pagoda as it appeared at the time of the model’s creation. This image was posted on August 06, 2015.

Creating scrimshaw could keep an imaginative whaler busy during down time, especially when the end product was a cribbage board! This image was posted on October 02, 2013.

Built in Scotland in 1886, the Balclutha traveled to San Francisco five times before many transfers of ownership landed it at the San Francisco Maritime Museum, where it was restored in 1954. This image was posted on July 24, 2013.

Elvis Presley hit the music charts for the 1st time w/ "Heartbreak Hotel" OTD in 1956 This image was posted on February 22, 2012.