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Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) realized a future in which high-quality design could merge with machine production. He enjoyed a prolific career, designing everything from wallpaper to furniture, metalwork, ceramics, and textiles. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper This tweet was posted on July 27, 2022.

Dresser instructed that more patterns, such as these designs, and color could adorn the ceiling as it did not serve as a background like the walls or floor. #VictorianPaperedWall #Wallpaper #WallpaperWednesday This tweet was posted on July 27, 2022.

In his experimental film exploring the miniature world of insects, French filmmaker Thomas Blanchard employs brilliant colors to highlight rare phenomena, such as the metamorphosis of a butterfly and carnivorous plants hunting. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/6q1wfy152l This tweet was posted on July 28, 2022.

Inspired to learn to fly by her sister Katherine, Marjorie Stinson trained at the Wright School in 1914 at the age of 18 & became the 9th woman in the U.S. to earn a pilot’s license. In 1915, she was the only woman flying in the U.S. Aviation Reserve Corps. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on July 26, 2022.

“Why not then, have beautiful ceilings, especially as they can be seen complete, while the wall is part hidden by furniture and pictures?….We glory in a clear blue sky overhead…Why then make our ceilings white?” - Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) #VictorianPaperedWall #Wallpaper This tweet was posted on July 27, 2022.

Castro Camera served as Milk’s headquarters for his political campaigns. A plaque has been installed on the sidewalk in front of the shop dedicated to Harvey Milk and his legacy. Have you ever visited the location of Castro Camera? #HarveyMilk #HarveyMilkExhibition #SFHistory This tweet was posted on August 01, 2022.

Harvey Milk opened Castro Camera in 1972 with his romantic partner Scott Smith shortly after moving to San Francisco. The shop soon became a de facto welcome center for new arrivals and an important gathering place for the local gay community. #HarveyMilk #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on August 01, 2022.

In many cases, the original aircraft are lost to history, but these small-scale representations remain as a reminder of that innovative past. #AvGeek #ModelAirplane This tweet was posted on August 01, 2022.

Model aircraft play a unique role in the imagination of aviation enthusiasts of all ages. They help contextualize the heroic stories and technological triumphs of flight. #AvGeek #ModelAirplane This tweet was posted on August 01, 2022.

Today, in the former location of Castro Camera at 575 Castro Street, a mural of Harvey Milk stands in the window of the apartment he and Scott shared above the store front. #HarveyMilk #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on August 01, 2022.

In 1912, Julia Clark became the third woman in the United States to earn a pilot’s license. Michigan-born Clark (1880–1912) became interested in aviation in 1911, when she attended the Chicago International Aviation Meet. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on August 03, 2022.

The Aviation Museum & Library will close today at 1:00pm for a private event. All other exhibitions are open. For more information, please visit our website: https://t.co/6kBaiGiHxZ This tweet was posted on August 02, 2022.

Unimpressed with lightly colored, commercially available clays, Edith Heath of @heathceramics in Sausalito formulated clay bodies from rich deposits left by a prehistoric inland sea near Lincoln, CA, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains foothills. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #EdithHeath This tweet was posted on August 02, 2022.

📸: Edith Heath at a potter’s wheel c. late-1940s–50s Courtesy @ArchivesAmerArt - Coupe salad plate c. 1950s Designed by Edith Heath (1911–2005) & Vase c. 1950 Edith Heath (1911–2005 Heath Ceramics | Sausalito, California ceramic, glaze Courtesy of the Modern i Shop This tweet was posted on August 02, 2022.

Clark overcame the reluctance of Glenn Curtiss to accept her as a student and trained at the Curtiss School of Aviation in North Island, San Diego. After earning her pilot's license, she joined the Curtiss exhibition team billed as "The Daring Bird-Girl." #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on August 03, 2022.

In Ray de Mesa’s first-year graduate film at San Francisco State University, a drag artist discovers an unexpectedly deep connection with a woman in exchange for a free dress. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO @sfsu @SFSUCinemaDept https://t.co/2ENS3GcAzF This tweet was posted on August 05, 2022.

McDonnell Douglas portrayed their DC-10 as the widebody for the middle-class family in a promotional poster. American's inaugural DC-10 service operated from Los Angeles to Chicago. Have you ever flown on a DC-10? #DC10 #AmericanAir #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 05, 2022.

The history of one of the United States’ most storied airlines, Pan American Airways, stretches back to 1927 and will be a multi-part #DefunctThursday. Founded in 1927 by Juan Trippe, #PanAm grew rapidly, purchasing or partnering with numerous competing airlines along the way. This tweet was posted on August 04, 2022.

📸: Julia Clark (1880–1912) at the controls of a Curtiss biplane; c. 1912 Harry A. (Alexander) Erickson (1884-1962) Collection of DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University Ag1982.0190 R2022.1405.001 This tweet was posted on August 03, 2022.

Often, a metal sheath was added to the leading edge of each aircraft propeller blade for extra durability. This helped protect the wood from damage by rocks and other debris that was common on the dirt airstrips of the 1910s and 20s. #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 09, 2022.

The Paragon Striker propeller on display was designed for use with a Curtiss OX-5 engine, like the one in this JN-4 Jenny, and was produced of oak by the American Propeller and Manufacturing Company (APMC), of Baltimore, Maryland. #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 09, 2022.

How’s this for a stylish, elaborate way to announce dinner? This dinner gong exhibits faux bamboo supports & sparrows in flight, and showcases the European maker’s interpretation of Japanese admiration for the natural world as well as Japan's influence on Western art. #Japonisme This tweet was posted on August 10, 2022.

It was reported that while at the school, Lillian Atwater caught a seagull in a net while her husband flew a hydroplane. She never earned a pilot’s license, and it remains unknown if she continued to fly after attending the school. #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 10, 2022.

Lillian Janeway Atwater (1890–1937) was the first woman to fly a hydroplane in the United States. In 1911, she began hydroplane pilot training with her husband William Atwater at the Curtiss School of Aviation in North Island, San Diego. #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 10, 2022.

See “Japonisme: A Passion for Japan” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/CsNirkUbag #Japonisme This tweet was posted on August 10, 2022.

📸: Lillian Janeway Atwater (1890–1937) and William B. Atwater (1890–1937) in front of Curtiss seaplane, North Island, San Diego; 1911 Harry A. (Alexander) Erickson (1884-1962) Collection of DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University Ag1982.0190 R2022.1405.002 This tweet was posted on August 10, 2022.

In “A ver ponte ahí”, Flor Marmolejo’s first-year graduate film made while at @SFSU, she revisits a family album and an opportune trip leads to a revelation. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/Ru0EQm6bI6 This tweet was posted on August 12, 2022.

On Nov. 22, 1935, a #PanAm Martin M-130 named China Clipper, lifted off and strained into the sky, threading its way under and over two partially built bridges as thousands cheered from shore for the first scheduled flight across the Pacific Ocean. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 11, 2022.

The grandmother figure in “World Civilization” by #ViolaFrey is a maternal icon of power inspired by the “take charge” matriarchs in her hometown during World War II. The workman’s glove holds the world in its palm - a statement about the value of work and creativity. #PublicArt This tweet was posted on August 15, 2022.

Tiny Wake Island was the vital link across the Pacific, as it broke the 2,690 miles from Midway to Guam into manageable segments. When first established in 1935, the route terminated in Manila, a whopping 8,210-mile one-way journey. #DefunctThursday #PanAm #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 11, 2022.

Viola Frey (1933-2004) created a vocabulary of figures and objects that form a personal mythology. The suited businessman in her painting “World Civilization” is a symbol of mainstream respectability, and contrasts with the bold, vividly dressed women. #PublicArt #ViolaFrey This tweet was posted on August 15, 2022.

📸: All: Pan American Airways Martin M-130 “China Clipper”; 1938 Gift of Reid W. Dennis 2010.244.003 - Midway Island; c. 1937 Gift of Richard McLean 2009.175.048 a b - Martin M-130 “China Clipper” log page; 1935 Transferred from the Pan American World Airways Archive 1993.11.21 This tweet was posted on August 11, 2022.

In 1912, Law became the fifth woman in the U.S. to earn a pilot's license. During her flying career she set numerous records, including one for women’s altitude, and another for distance by either a male or female aviator in a flight from Chicago to New York in 1916. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 16, 2022.

In 1958, Pan American World Airways introduced the first successful commercial jet service. This major milestone in air travel coincided with the launch of a modernized #PanAm brand by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and his associate, Charles Forberg. #DefunctThursday #PanAm This tweet was posted on August 18, 2022.

Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign ignited a fascination with ancient Egypt that continued into the Victorian era, and its Egyptian Revival design craze. This ebonized and polychromed pedestal with painted lotus flowers provides a striking example of the style. #victorianpaperedwall This tweet was posted on August 17, 2022.

Ruth Law (1887-1970) was inspired to fly by her brother Rodman Law, a parachutist and stuntman. Orville Wright refused to train her because he believed women were not mechanically minded, so she instead persuaded Harry Atwood & Arch Freeman of Saugus, MA, to instruct her. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 16, 2022.