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RT @flySFO: Thanks @WSJ ! SFO ranked top airport in annual ranking. https://t.co/1c9h3YTTb5 This tweet was posted on November 17, 2022.
📸: photograph: United States Coast Guard Station, San Francisco Airport; 1940 Gift of United States Coast Guard, Air Station San Francisco 2014.114.020 This tweet was posted on November 15, 2022.
Happy Thanksgiving! The Aviation Museum and Library is closed today and Friday for Thanksgiving, and will reopen at 10am on Saturday, November 26. All other exhibitions around the Airport are available to view. https://t.co/dUxKVG2eeJ #HappyThanksgiving This tweet was posted on November 24, 2022.
Under construction for three years, the 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal building was extensively documented. Browse over one hundred and fifty photos from its construction in our online database: https://t.co/b70eOVeJLL #AvGeek #SFOHistory #SFO #MillsFieldSFO This tweet was posted on November 18, 2022.
What’s happening at the museum? Our team is busy keeping the art at the airport in tiptop shape. This includes performing cleanings such as this one on Bruce Beasley’s “The Hesperides.” Read about how we care for the Public Art Collection: https://t.co/zX3TAHv3Bw #MuseumMonday This tweet was posted on December 12, 2022.
📸 2/3: 3. photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Terminal Building, TWA (Trans World Airlines); c. 1954 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1993.07.41 a This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
Around the same time, in 1962, TWA opened their iconic terminal, the Trans World Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen, at New York International Airport, later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 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.
📸: negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Central Terminal interior; c. 1983 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.2759 https://t.co/S0wHF4ryic This tweet was posted on December 21, 2022.
Happy Holidays! The Aviation Museum and Library will be closed on Sunday, December 25, to observe the Christmas holiday and will reopen on Monday, December 26 at 10am. All other exhibitions around the airport are available for viewing. https://t.co/DwFjuFVBeF #MerryChristmas This tweet was posted on December 23, 2022.
Happy 2023! The Aviation Museum and Library is closed on Sunday, New Year’s Day to observe the New Year’s holiday and will reopen Monday, January 2, at 10am. All other exhibitions around the airport are available for viewing. https://t.co/DwFjuFV3p7 #HappyNewYear This tweet was posted on December 30, 2022.
📸: architectural drawing: San Francisco Airport, New Administration Building, East and West Elevations; 3/28/1936 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1997.52.025.09.02 This tweet was posted on January 03, 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.
This pencil-drawn site plan was produced by SF’s Department of Public Works, for the Mills Field Municipal Airport, titled “Progress Chart for Grading / Contract No. 1” and dated March 18, 1927. Notice the proposed runways and the administrative building and hangar. #52Objects This tweet was posted on January 09, 2023.
architectural drawing: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Contract No. 1, progress chart for grading; 1927 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1997.52.001 #52Objects https://t.co/dEXu0tktcR This tweet was posted on January 09, 2023.
📸: photograph: Pan American Airways, Fairchild 71; c. 1929 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1993.03.17 This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.
📸: photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), aerial view; c. 1970 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.259 This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.
📸: negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Hangar No. 2 construction; 1928 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.0056 https://t.co/dTAwMs0yWl This tweet was posted on February 01, 2023.
photograph: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Bernard M. “Mike” Doolin next to Stearman 4 Junior Speedmail; c. 1930 Gift of Keith Samuels, in memory of Margot Doolin Samuels 2013.099.023 https://t.co/futeKVWfca This tweet was posted on June 12, 2023.
Happy President’s Day! The Aviation Museum and Library is closed to observe President’s Day and will reopen on Tuesday, February 21, at 10am. All other exhibitions around the airport are available to view. https://t.co/DwFjuFV3p7 #PresidentsDay This tweet was posted on February 20, 2023.
In the 1930s, as commercial aviation evolved into a more practical mode of transportation, San Francisco Airport launched a series of major improvements. By 1937, more than 790,000 sq ft of concrete runways, taxiways, and aircraft parking were in place. #MillsField #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on February 24, 2023.
📸: telegram: Western Union, airport inquiry from San Francisco Mayor James Rolfe, Jr.; 1926 Transfer 2000.018.072.007 https://t.co/vGMnkqGgRO This tweet was posted on February 27, 2023.
The answer! 📸: photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Central Terminal construction; 1983 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2005.137.048.001 https://t.co/lwLYrbvzWW This tweet was posted on February 28, 2023.
Ruth Kadish was the first woman to serve on the San Francisco Airport Commission upon being appointed in 1976 by Mayor George Moscone; she served until 1984. She was a champion for humanizing and beautifying the airport environment. #52Objects #SFOHistory #WomenHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 13, 2023.
📸: photographs: San Francisco International Airport (SFO); 1970s Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1997.52.083.029 https://t.co/XvhlGwjYbK #52Objects #RuthKadish #WomenHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 13, 2023.
#Onthisday in 1927, San Francisco signed a lease with the Mills Estate for 150 acres to use as an airport. The terms were for 3 years at $1,500 per year for a “temporary and experimental” municipal airport. This original tract of land remains part of SFO today. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on March 15, 2023.
People often ask: “Where is the museum at SFO?” One answer is: The airport is the museum! Read about an experimental web-based wayfinding tool we’ve built to guide you to and from gates and artwork. Give it a try and send us feedback! https://t.co/Up6idAOteO #museumlife #SFO This tweet was posted on March 14, 2023.
📸: photograph: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco; c. 1927 Gift of Edwin I. Power, Jr. and Linda Liscom 2001.044.001 This tweet was posted on March 15, 2023.
📸: 1. photograph: Western Air Lines, Convair CV-240; 1948 Gift of Barbara A. Dawson 2000.073.010 2. photograph: San Francisco Airport, Western Air Lines Convair CV-240; c. 1947 Collection of Justus H. Dobrin 2013.132.001 This tweet was posted on March 16, 2023.
📸: negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), aerial; 1966 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.1152 https://t.co/QyE5b9UsKu This tweet was posted on March 23, 2023.
The charge for a round-trip Air France Concorde ticket from Washington, DC to Paris was $1,654 (more than $8,700 today when adjusted for inflation). In November 1977, Concorde service was added to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. #SSTTimeMachine #Concorde This tweet was posted on March 24, 2023.
📸: negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), TWA (Trans World Airlines), Boeing 747-100; 1970 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.2241 https://t.co/dJEeCi4OFU This tweet was posted on March 27, 2023.
📸: floor globe: Pan American World Airways; c. 1939 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1996.16.04 https://t.co/PIs3gzJNGc This tweet was posted on April 03, 2023.
Happy Fourth of July! The Museum and Library will be closed tomorrow and will reopen, Wednesday, July 5th, at 10am. All other exhibitions around the airport are available to view. https://t.co/DwFjuFVBeF This tweet was posted on July 03, 2023.
San Francisco International Airport became the fourth busiest in the nation in 1962. This image was posted on August 07, 2023. #52objects #sfohistory