Search results for @a

Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s. Born in Salt Lake City, Crookston dreamed of flying as a child. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.

See “Japonisme: A Passion for Japan” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/CsNirkUbag #Japonisme #Japan #Design #dragon #ceramics This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.

Before the age of cell phones and seat-back entertainment systems, in-flight entertainment was generally low tech and relied on games. This 1940s gamer scorer from #PanAm could be used to keep track of a variety of games with columns for "we" & "they" on interior pages #52Objects This tweet was posted on May 31, 2023.

Formally opened in December 1974, the Unknown Museum became a center of local creativity, rotating its own exhibitions, displaying the work of other artists, and hosting concerts and themed events. The museum continues as a private museum and lending archives. #UnknownMuseum This tweet was posted on May 19, 2023.

Ik-Joong Kang began working in this format when he was a student and commuted long distances to various part-time jobs. #IkJoongKang #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 31, 2023.

Jon Jon Augustavo is a Filipino American Los Angeles-based filmmaker whose visual poem, made in celebration of AANHPI heritage month, shares voices of the Asian diaspora in the United States. #VideoArtsSFO #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM https://t.co/rIBLqiNPMK This tweet was posted on May 25, 2023.

McGowan & Bascom created art and installations in a large room that allowed for mass assemblages and the “assault of the objects” on one’s senses. McGowan stated, “curating the museum allowed me to present my ‘two-cents-worth’ reactions to postwar American culture" #UnknownMuseum This tweet was posted on May 19, 2023.

Native Hawaiian filmmaker Justyn Ah Chong collaborates with Law and Hawaiian Studies Professor Malia Akutagawa to explore how one Indigenous Hawaiian community is drawn into a complex quest to preserve their ancestral land and familial burial ground. #VideoArtsSFO #APAHM #AAPIHM https://t.co/F0u3dWEymU This tweet was posted on May 18, 2023.

RT @_Richard_Lyu: Hello beauty! Welcome to @flySFO Got a chance to look closely today. @united This tweet was posted on May 30, 2023.

📸: game scorer: Pan American World Airways; c. 1947 Gift of Constance Ogilvie 2002.073.002 a h https://t.co/BALtpa5rhp This tweet was posted on May 31, 2023.

In 1971, TWA introduced a new flight attendant uniform conceived by Valentino Garavani in preparation for their Lockheed L-1011 TriStar delivery. In 1972, the airline proclaimed the L-1011 to be “the next generation of the jet age.” #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.

In this experimental film capturing fluid dynamics under high-magnification, Italian filmmaker Sandro Bocci produces mind-bending visuals, like a painting in motion, accompanied by a hypnotic score from musician Mishikatomo. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.

Learn more about San Francisco Opera’s history in our exhibition “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/IfqCjTIWXx #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera #SFOpera #Opera This tweet was posted on December 16, 2022.

Patrons are greeted by a grand foyer with marble floors, cast-stone walls, and a 38 ft high vaulted ceiling. A decorated proscenium arch towers 51 ft over the stage, while a multi-tiered, 27 ft diameter, star-shaped chandelier hangs from the ceiling. #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera This tweet was posted on December 16, 2022.

San Francisco Opera christened a new home at the War Memorial Opera House on October 15, 1932. A sold-out performance of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s "Tosca" was staged on opening night of the War Memorial Opera House. #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera This tweet was posted on December 16, 2022.

The image begins with a view of the bay and a Ramaytush Ohlone fisherman pulling a tule boat leading to agricultural scenes, then to the wilderness of the headwaters in the California Sierra Mountains. #KimAnno #SFAC #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 19, 2022.

📸 3/3: menu: Pan American World Airways, Historic First Flights series, Boeing 314; 1986 Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.1124 a b https://t.co/gu1kIqRjb4 This tweet was posted on December 14, 2022.

Ames (@NASAAmes) was the second laboratory created by NACA and was named in honor of Joseph Sweetman Ames, a leading physicist and one of the founding members of NACA. #NASAAmesWind #AvGeek #NASA @NASA This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.

Bay Area filmmakers Tony Holman and Vida deKayla focus their lens on a man with a troubled past who finds redemption in building his own bakery. https://t.co/M7Ve3oBF1B #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.

NASA’s Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (@NASAAmes) remains a world-leading wind tunnel facility for testing aircraft components, models, and airframes. #NASAAmesWind #AvGeek #NASA @NASA This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.

One of the largest and most influential projects ever undertaken by the Boeing corporation, the Boeing Model 707 was the second successful pure-turbojet airliner to be introduced. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #Boeing707 #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.

Take a walk through the past! Our collection includes many interior photos of the airport through the years, over one hundred and thirty of which are online: https://t.co/2ZN5zkSnR4 #AvGeek #SFOHistory #airport This tweet was posted on December 21, 2022.

The first flight of the Boeing 707 took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1957. The first Boeing 707 took flight on a rainy day from Renton Municipal Airport in Washington. #Boeing707 #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.

The students employ a variety of mediums, such as graphite, pen and ink, markers, and watercolors. One grand prize winner and twenty-three merit award winners are announced each year on Lions Day at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. #StudentArtSFO #LionsClub This tweet was posted on December 19, 2022.

The success of "L’Ornement Polychrome" prompted a second series in 1885. The lavish imagery presented in both sets drew from cultures around the world and featured a variety of mediums, including woodwork, metalwork, architecture, textiles, and painting. #victorianpaperedwall This tweet was posted on December 21, 2022.

Thirteen-year-old grand prize winner Anja Rožen of Slovenia, who was sponsored by the Slovenj Gradec Lions Club, created a striking poster of arms representing the Earth knitting people of all colors together. #StudentArtSFO #LionsClub This tweet was posted on December 19, 2022.

US Airways traced its roots to All American Aviation, which was founded in 1937. The experimental air mail pick up service used a hook that would snag pouches of outbound airmail and drop outbound airmail from the plane. #DefunctThursday #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.

Harvey Milk enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1951 and served as a diving officer then transferred to serve as a diving instructor. In 1955, he resigned at the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) after being officially questioned about his sexual orientation. #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on December 28, 2022.

The resulting effect is a vibrant and imaginative urban landscape that allows visitors to experience the city’s unique and diverse culture through its architectural history. #SFAC #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 27, 2022.

An unusual object in our collection is a disposable obstetrical kit. Although a rare occurrence, babies are delivered onboard planes. This kit includes a disposable scalpel, a bulb aspirator, and a receiving blanket among other things needed to deliver a baby. #52objects This tweet was posted on January 03, 2023.

Happy New Year’s Eve! It’s already 2023 in the Republic of Kiribati! From 1939, Pan American Airways used Canton Island, Kiribati, as a stop on its routes from California to Fiji and Auckland, New Zealand. Do you have anything fun planned this evening to ring in the new year? This tweet was posted on December 31, 2022.

RT @VirginAtlantic: Rest in peace Dame Vivienne Westwood. A true British icon and the visionary behind our iconic uniform design that we’ve… This tweet was posted on December 29, 2022.

A sold-out performance of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s (1858–1924) Tosca was staged on opening night of the War Memorial Opera House on October 15, 1932. #SFOperaCentennial #Opera This tweet was posted on January 06, 2023.

Asian themes were favored as sitting rooms. Moorish and Turkish décor, on the other hand, often transformed a corner nook, parlor, or smoking room. Certainly, a room set such as this one was intended to transport its homeowner into a fantastical realm. #victorianpaperedwall This tweet was posted on January 04, 2023.

Did you know that SFO Museum is an actively collecting institution? Our collection focuses on the history of commercial air transport with a regional emphasis on the West Coast and the Pacific Rim, as well as the history of San Francisco International Airport. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 09, 2023.

In Hudson’s “Horse of Another Color”, a flat, geometrical background is combined with representational imagery to create visual contradiction between the illusionistic spaces and the flat background surface. #RobertHudson #PublicArt #Painting #SFAC This tweet was posted on January 06, 2023.