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Lyon’s work is in the collections of numerous Bay Area museums and a selection may also be seen in our exhibition of his work, “San Francisco Yesterday 1948-1958”, which we featured in 2013. https://t.co/6NLk12R1Wb #FredLyon #SFHistory This tweet was posted on September 14, 2022.

See "From Pineapple to Piña: A Philippine Textile Treasure on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/WWq06XYZvJ #PineappletoPina #piña #pineapple #lace #fashion #design #Phillippines This tweet was posted on September 13, 2022.

Spirogyrate is an immersive and interactive installation composed of graphic spiral patterns and light that change and respond to people’s movement through the space. The result is a whimsical environment to be enjoyed by travelers of all ages. #publicart #EricStaller https://t.co/WMpk79plhq This tweet was posted on September 14, 2022.

The production of piña is naturally “green,” with farmers and artisans crafting this Philippine national treasure from a sustainable resource that is free of pesticides and produced in a chemical-free process. #PineappletoPina #piña This tweet was posted on September 13, 2022.

We are saddened by the recent of San Francisco photographer Fred Lyon, who died in August at the age of 97. Lyon photographed the transformation of his treasured hometown into a center for optimism, prosperity, and growth after World War II. #FredLyon #SFHistory This tweet was posted on September 14, 2022.

📸: folding fan: Thai Airways International; c. 1960 Gift of John M. Burnard 2008.054.014 a b https://t.co/Cr85RvdEYn This tweet was posted on September 12, 2022.

After her first exhibition entry was rejected in 1924, female colleagues suggested to Bothwell not sign her full first name to avoid gender discrimination. Instead, Bothwell legally changed her first name to Dorr, a nickname from childhood. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #DorrBothwell This tweet was posted on September 20, 2022.

Dorr Bothwell was a Symbolist painter, printmaker, and art teacher who experimented with a variety of media and artistic ideas. She moved to San Diego as a young girl and took art lessons with the painter and sculptor Anna Marie Valentien. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #DorrBothwell This tweet was posted on September 20, 2022.

RT @airandspace: 🎈🦆🐓🐑 On this day in 1783, the Montgolfier brothers' balloon launched carrying the first living creatures to fly in a craf… This tweet was posted on September 19, 2022.

#Onthisday in 1927, Hangar No. 1 at #MillsField was completed. The airport's first hangar was made of steel framing with galvanized-corrugated iron siding. Navigational aids included a 24-inch revolving beacon, and 11-foot high lettering identifying the airfield. #AvGeek #SFO This tweet was posted on September 23, 2022.

#Onthisday in 1981, the Boeing 767 departed on its first flight. It was introduced into service by United Airlines a year later, on September 8, 1982. #Boeing767 #avgeek #Boeing This tweet was posted on September 26, 2022.

In 1925, Dorr Bothwell became a charter member of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists. Three years later, Bothwell sailed for Pago Pago, Samoa, with intentions to create art and immerse herself in native culture. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #DorrBothwell This tweet was posted on September 28, 2022.

In the 1970s, Qantas contracted fine bone china maker, Wedgwood of England, to create a new inflight first-class meal service set. The set featured the “Alice Springs” pattern with the #Qantas winged-kangaroo logo in gold and a gold-lined border. #FlyingSouthernCross #Avgeek This tweet was posted on September 27, 2022.

In this offbeat comedy set in Australia, Sydney-based filmmaker Alex Feggans tells a story of a backpacker who stops by a remote gas station and is confronted with a bizarre situation. #jackrabbit #alexfeggans #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO This tweet was posted on September 22, 2022.

Bothwell lived on the island of Ta`ū as the adopted daughter of a local chief and his family for two years. Bothwell sketched, painted, and made woodblock prints, which she shipped back to California to fund travels in Australia and Europe. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #DorrBothwell This tweet was posted on September 28, 2022.

Handkerchiefs display an variety of handwork to showcase embroiderers’ talent and skills. Intricately embroidered handkerchiefs even made appropriate gifts for royalty. The small items sometimes also served as keepsakes and were part of a genteel lady’s attire. #PineappletoPina This tweet was posted on September 27, 2022.

See "From Pineapple to Piña: A Philippine Textile Treasure" on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/WWq06Yg2xJ #PineappletoPina #piña #pineapple #lace #fashion #design #Philippines This tweet was posted on September 27, 2022.

By 1962, Piedmont's service extended to Atlanta, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. Their entry into the jet age was powered by a Boeing 727 in 1967. Piedmont started to operate Boeing 737s the next year. #DefunctThursday #Piedmont #AvGeek This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.

Designed in the International Style, SFO’s 1954 Terminal was a seven-story building and employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. #SFOHistory #SFO #AvGeek #SFO1954 This tweet was posted on October 04, 2022.

How many menus did Pan Am issue? A lot! Browse through over 500 of them in our online database: https://t.co/F4qGotpYp7 #AvGeek #PanAm #PanAmerican #Menu This tweet was posted on October 03, 2022.

Piedmont Aviation was incorporated in North Carolina on July 2, 1940, by Thomas Davis. Initially, Piedmont Aviation began as an airplane repair service and a training school for pilots and did not operate its first passenger service in February 1948. #DefunctThursday #Piedmont This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.

Today’s #DefunctThursday episode has a plot twist: USAir changed the name of an affiliated subsidiary, Henson Airlines, to #Piedmont Airlines in 1993. This new iteration uses the same logo as the earlier company and is a subsidiary of American Airlines. #DefunctThursday #Piedmont This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.

“I’d be there for just a few days and I wanted to take advantage and get as much as possible out of the process. So, I started using the old molds in the factory…but I adapted them, I changed them.” —Marvin Lipofsky #studioglass This tweet was posted on October 04, 2022.

📸: document: City and County of San Francisco, Mills Estate Incorporated, Rental Agreement; 1927 Transfer from City and County of San Francisco 2000.018.038 a b https://t.co/w9mvvlIIbn This tweet was posted on September 28, 2022.

Bruce taught himself to silkscreen while working at wallpaper factories in Benicia and San Francisco. Before long, he began crafting his own Victorian wallpapers in the evenings and weekends at the studio in Benicia and established a mail-order business. #VictorianPaperedWall This tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.

Flown by pilots Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, with navigation & radio operations performed by Harry Lyon and James Warner, the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII, was the first aircraft to complete a transpacific crossing from North America to Australia. #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.

The Southern Cross was initially acquired as a salvaged aircraft. Reequipped with new Wright J-5 engines and the latest Micarta propellers, the plane was based and tested at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco (later @flySFO). #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.

The airplane departed from Oakland, CA, on May 31, 1928, and flew first to O'ahu, then to Suva, Fiji, and continued on to Brisbane, Australia, landing on June 9th. The trip covered a total distance of 7,200 miles in 10 days at an average speed of 90mph. #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.

In 1949, Kenny Friedkin, a flight trainer and test pilot, formed Pacific Southwest Airlines or PSA. The airline began weekly round-trip flights between San Diego and Oakland with a single leased Douglas DC-3. #DefunctThursday #PacificSouthwestAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.

RT @KLM: Today we turned 103 years old, and that means we have a new Delft Blue house! Can you guess where it's located? 🥳#HappyBirthday #K… This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.

Two years later, the route’s terminus moved to SF. By the end of the decade, PSA added the Douglas DC-4 and the Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop to its fleet and offered nearly 100 flights a week to numerous destinations throughout CA. #DefunctThursday #PacificSouthwestAirlines This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.

A number of mathematical models were displayed at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition to promote the idea that students must visualize algebraic relationships through geometry. Today, algebraic geometry serves as a source of deep insight throughout mathematics. #MathAtSFO This tweet was posted on April 20, 2022.

Inspired by the geometric division of landscapes as seen by Diebenkorn from a helicopter, the works investigate the various ways of slicing a rectangle with horizontal and vertical lines. Diebenkorn called these prints the “bones” of the Ocean Park works. #RichardDiebenkorn This tweet was posted on April 21, 2022.

Renamed in 1937 as Continental Airlines, the carrier introduced a red, white, and blue eagle symbol with its block letter logotype in 1944. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #aviationhistory #ContinentalAirlines This tweet was posted on April 21, 2022.

Richard Diebenkorn was a California-based painter and printmaker who spent much of his renowned career in the Bay Area. He is most known for his Ocean Park series (1967–1988) that brought him international acclaim. #RichardDiebenkorn #publicart #Etching This tweet was posted on April 21, 2022.

When Continental became an international carrier in 1968, it launched a new corporate identity created by Saul Bass & Associates. An oval, defined in spreading jet contrails, and an updated typeface communicated its new global status and market position. #DefunctThursday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 21, 2022.