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#Onthisday in 1929, the Brownsville Municipal Airport in Brownsville, Texas opened. This image was posted on March 08, 2016.

The flight deck on a Pan American Airways Boeing 314 provided enormous amounts of space for the operation and navigation of the aircraft, by today’s standards. This image was posted on March 07, 2016.

To create “The Hexapodarium” series, Gail Wight focused her creative vision on the housefly, an insect that evolved sixty-five-million-years ago. This image was posted on March 06, 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.

"We suddenly realized, we’ve got a delusional astronaut, so why not make the restaurant a place he mistakes for a spaceport? This image was posted on March 03, 2016. #toystory20

Born in Nagoya, Japan, internationally renowned artist, Seiji Kunishima, creates sculptures characterized by a serene balance between the traditional and the modern. This image was posted on March 02, 2016.

This 1950s Pan American World Airways poster features a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser flying above Amsterdam, Netherlands. This image was posted on March 01, 2016.

Nature served as a driving force of the Art Nouveau movement, inspiring designers throughout Europe and North America. This image was posted on March 01, 2016.

For more than three decades, Creative Growth Art Center, NIAD Art Center, and Creativity Explored have maintained a steadfast commitment to the vision of Florence and Elias Katz by providing stimulating and supportive environments that promote creative expression, independence, dignity, and community integration for adults with disabilities. This image was posted on February 29, 2016.

The United States Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco acquired a Lockheed HC-130H Hercules turboprop in 1960. This image was posted on February 28, 2016.

By the late 1940s, a seat capable of reclining into a bed, the “Sleeperette,” was introduced and trademarked by Pan American World Airways. This image was posted on February 26, 2016.

In our collection are a couple of onboard medical kits from the Pan American Clippers of the 1930s and ‘40s. This image was posted on February 25, 2016.

The back of this circa 1958 TWA Jetstream Lockheed 1649 Starliner brochure reads, “Here’s air travel as you dreamed it could be – and it’s yours to enjoy now! This image was posted on February 24, 2016.

Cathay Pacific was registered in Hong Kong in 1946 by ex-air force pilots Sydney de Kantzow and Roy Farrell. This image was posted on February 23, 2016. #traveltuesday

Pacific Air Lines began as a business endeavor to train pilots during World War II. This image was posted on February 23, 2016.

Did you know we also have a library and archives, as well as a museum? This image was posted on February 21, 2016.

The photographs in visual artist Vanessa Marsh’s series “Everywhere All At Once” are mysterious and dream-like, made through a personally developed process involving drawing, painting, and darkroom techniques. This image was posted on February 20, 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

The Laurel School, located in San Francisco’s Richmond District, nurtures and supports children with learning differences who struggle in a traditional school setting. This image was posted on February 18, 2016.

Women play an integral part in the aviation industry as mechanics. This image was posted on February 17, 2016.

“Pond in Golden Gate Park”, “Garden Outside Gate” and “Garden in San Andreas Valley” by Mark Adams (1925-2006) can be found pre-security in Terminal 2. This image was posted on February 17, 2016.

When Marguerite Wildenhain first arrived at Pond Farm in the summer of 1942, there was nothing there except an old barn where she and Gordon Herr decided that her workshop would be located. This image was posted on February 16, 2016.

"This Valentine’s Card from circa 1940 features an illustration of a Pan American Airways Boeing 314 with a caption on the back of the card that reads, “This is just to make it “plane” that all I’m thinking of is just how awful hard I wish that I could “land” your love!” This image was posted on February 14, 2016.

Our online database features a selection from our huge collection of airline bags. This image was posted on February 13, 2016.

Our collection features more than 600 swizzle sticks, used for stirring beverages on flights. This image was posted on February 11, 2016.

This rare view of the interior of the United Air Lines’ San Francisco Ticket Office is from circa 1933. This image was posted on February 10, 2016.

Midway Atoll, part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, was used by Pan American Airways as an island stop on their transpacific flights from California to the Philippines. This image was posted on February 09, 2016.

Following the development of commercial airline passenger service in the 1920s, luggage-label art became an important tool for advertising. This image was posted on February 09, 2016.

In the competition with Boeing to create the first American-produced turbojet airliner, Douglas developed the DC-8 in the late 1950s and introduced it in 1959, nearly a year after Boeing introduced their 707 jetliner. This image was posted on February 04, 2016.

Back before computers, airlines took reservations manually. This image was posted on February 03, 2016.

The earliest purses in our Essential Style exhibition date from the eighteenth century. This image was posted on February 03, 2016.

Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Carolina #Panthers are going head-to-head with the Denver #Broncos this Sunday at Super Bowl 50! This image was posted on February 02, 2016.

The logistics of food service were not always a top priority in early aviation, however as the aviation industry developed so did passenger amenities. This image was posted on January 31, 2016.