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Happy 90th Birthday United Airlines! This image was posted on April 06, 2016.

This photograph shows San Francisco Airport’s second terminal building, which replaced the original 1927 Mills Field structure when it opened in 1937. This image was posted on March 31, 2016.

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

Commercial aviation grew rapidly in the 1930s, and male stewards and female stewardesses were a significant part of many airline’s passenger services. This image was posted on March 30, 2016.

United Airlines will start nonstop service from SFO to Tel Aviv this week. This image was posted on March 29, 2016.

Learn about Bay Area Coast Guard history in our photography exhibition, “United States Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco: Honoring the Guardians of the Golden Gate 75th”, located pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. This image was posted on March 26, 2016.

The United Air Lines Ticket office opened in the 1930s on the northwest corner of Union Square in downtown San Francisco. This image was posted on March 25, 2016.

Pacific Air Transport (PAT) was founded in 1926 by Vern C. Gorst, a transportation-minded entrepreneur with ties to the Pacific Northwest and California. This image was posted on March 24, 2016.

The field of aeronautical engineering led to some of the most profound technological advancements of the 20th century. This image was posted on March 19, 2016.

United Air Lines stewardesses stand in formation to receive their wings from Don G. Maggerell, Vice-President, Passenger Service, in front of a Douglas DC-3 airliner. This image was posted on March 16, 2016.

One of the earliest luggage labels we have in our collection is one that was issued by Boeing Air Transport featuring a Boeing 80 airliner from circa 1928. This image was posted on March 12, 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.

Flight attendant Ruby Reykalin is seen here conversing on the telephone at United Air Lines exhibit in Vacation Lands Building at Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, San Francisco. This image was posted on February 24, 2016.

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

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.

Early aircraft did not provide a way to heat meals for passengers, thus meals on flights were served cold. This image was posted on January 28, 2016.

Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American Airways, reportedly “discovered” Wake Island while scouring through 19th c. clipper ship logs at the New York Public Library. This image was posted on January 26, 2016.

Marguerite Wildenhain went to work at the Municipal School of Fine and Applied Arts in 1926 where she headed the school’s ceramics department for seven years. This image was posted on January 20, 2016. #pondfarm

In the postwar era, the Coast Guard Station next to SFO was again placed under the Treasury Department and Air Station San Francisco updated its aging aircraft. This image was posted on January 17, 2016.

Recently, there has been talk about re-opening mail routes to Cuba, which is only 90 miles from the most southern point in the United States, Key West, Florida. This image was posted on January 12, 2016.

United Air Lines used the Boeing 80A tri-motor to carry both mail and up to 18 passengers on scheduled flights from San Francisco to Chicago starting in 1928. This image was posted on January 09, 2016.

United Air Lines signed a lease on October 1, 1940, to relocate their Western Division operation, maintenance, and overhaul base from Cheyenne, Wyo., to San Francisco Airport, which was a great boost to the local economy. This image was posted on January 07, 2016.

In 1945, aboard a troopship with hundreds of soldiers returning stateside during WWII from China-Burma-India Theater, John Gutmann captured these tattoo images. This image was posted on January 03, 2016.

The Kids Art Museum (KAM), located in Monterey, California, is dedicated to promoting art education for all children. This image was posted on December 26, 2015.

Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco was commissioned November 15, 1940, on the eve of World War II. This image was posted on December 20, 2015.

#OnThisDay in 1903, the Wright brothers successfully flew a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This image was posted on December 17, 2015.

The modern-day Coast Guard was formed In 1915 by merging the U.S. Life Saving Service with the Revenue Cutter Service and placing it under the Department of the Treasury. This image was posted on December 03, 2015.

As its name implies, United Airlines originated from a merger of several early air transport companies that began operating more than 75 years ago. This image was posted on October 09, 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

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.

If you've ever flown United out of SFO, you've probably sat near Gate 65 in Terminal 3. This image was posted on August 26, 2015.

Two very different @united uniforms from the mid/late 1960s, on view in our #Aviation Museum This image was posted on July 02, 2013.