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We are saddened to hear about the recent passing of Hanae Mori, at the age of 96. This image was posted on September 02, 2022. #avgeek #hanaemori #fashion #uniform

Happy Birthday to the late Marvin Lipofsky! This image was posted on September 01, 2022. #studioglass #glasssculpture #glassblowing #glassart #contemporaryart #marvinlipofsky

For the past twenty years, Qantas has upgraded and expanded the range of services offered on transpacific flights between Australia and North America, in addition to updating their look. This image was posted on August 31, 2022. #flyingsoutherncross #avgeek #qantas #uniform #crewlife

In the early 1940s, Pan American Airways established regular service to Auckland, New Zealand, with their Boeing 314 Clipper flying boats. This image was posted on August 30, 2022. #airmaildownunder #avgeek #philately #panam

Don’t leave a condensation ring behind, put a coaster under your cold drink! This image was posted on August 29, 2022. #avgeek #coaster #museum #collection

Anthony Cruz Legarda (b. This image was posted on August 29, 2022. #pineappletopina #piña #pineapple #lace #fashion #design #philippines

Captain Zoya Agarwal (@CaptainZoya) led an all-female crew for a record-breaking @AirIndia.in flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru over the North Pole to celebrate International Women’s Day in January 2021. This image was posted on August 26, 2022. #avgeek #womeninaviation #captainzoya #airindia #womensequalityday

Although Pan American World Airways experienced unprecedented success in the 1960s and 70s, by the end of the 1980s the company was struggling. This image was posted on August 25, 2022. #panam #defunctthursday #avgeek #aviationhistory

In Andrés Gallegos’ graduate thesis film at San Francisco State University, a savvy eleven-year-old shoe shiner in Talca, Chile proves his resourcefulness during turbulent times. This video was posted on August 25, 2022. #shoeshiner #andrésgallegos #sfsu #videoarts #videoartssfo

The individual patterns of this Persian ceiling paper set were drawn and adapted from examples of the Persian and Indo-Persian patterns depicted in Albert Racinet’s compendium L’Ornement Polychrome, published in installments between 1869 and 1873. This image was posted on August 24, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design

Edith Heath (1911–2005) created ceramics that combined modern design with the hand-made aesthetics of studio pottery. This image was posted on August 24, 2022. #californiamodernistwomen #edithheath #california #womenartists #modernism

To keep pace with the rapid expansion of commercial aviation in the 1940s and 50s, major airports around the world updated their facilities with longer runways, expansive taxiways, and modern passenger terminals including at San Francisco Airport, where construction of a new terminal began in 1951. This image was posted on August 23, 2022. #sfo1954 #sfohistory #avgeek #airport

During the 1870s, stores specializing in Japanese art and merchandise, commonly referred to as Japanese novelty stores or fancy goods stores, opened across the United States—from New York and Boston to Philadelphia, Houston, and San Francisco. This image was posted on August 22, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design #1900s #storeinterior

The traditional men’s blouse of the Philippines, the barong tagalog, is a sheer, long-sleeved embroidered formal shirt worn untucked and made from piña or other natural fibers. This image was posted on August 19, 2022. #pineappletopina #piña #pineapple #lace #fashion #design #philippines

In 1958, Pan American World Airways introduced the first successful commercial jet service. This image was posted on August 18, 2022. #defunctthursday #panamerican #panam #avgeek #aviationhistory

Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign (1798–1801) ignited a fascination with ancient Egypt that continued into the Victorian era, when the Egyptian Revival design style permeated decorative arts. This image was posted on August 17, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpapers #design #wallpaperwednesday #egyptianrevival

Massachusetts native Ruth Law (1887–1970) was inspired to fly by her brother Rodman Law (1885–1919), a parachutist and stuntman. This image was posted on August 16, 2022. #earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation

Viola Frey (1933-2004) created a vocabulary of figures and objects that form a personal mythology, which are shown in her painting "World Civilization". This image was posted on August 15, 2022. #publicart #violafrey #womanartist #californiaartist

Continuation of the epic story of Pan Am for #DefunctThursday: In the early 1930s, Pan American Airways began planning for service across the oceans. This image was posted on August 11, 2022. #defunctthursday #panamerican #panam #avgeek #aviationhistory #chinaclipper #sfhistory

Lillian Janeway Atwater (1890–1937) was the first woman to fly a hydroplane in the United States. This image was posted on August 10, 2022. #earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation

How’s this for a stylish and elaborate way to announce dinner? This image was posted on August 10, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design #gong #bird

Aircraft propellers convert the power produced by the aircraft’s engine into thrust. This image was posted on August 09, 2022. #enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory #propeller #airplane

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The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service #onthisday in 1971 with American Airlines. This image was posted on August 05, 2022. #dc10 #americanair #avgeek #jumbojet #jetage #airplane #planespotting

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. This image was posted on August 04, 2022. #defunctthursday #panamerican #panam #avgeek #aviationhistory

In 1912, Julia Clark became the third woman in the United States to earn a pilot’s license. This image was posted on August 03, 2022. #earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation

Innovative combinations of natural materials were at the core of the success of Sausalito, California’s @heathceramics, started by Edith Heath (1911–2005) and her husband Brian Heath (1913–2001). This image was posted on August 02, 2022. #californiamodernistwomen #edithheath #sausalito #california #womenartists #modernism

Model aircraft play a unique role in the imagination of aviation enthusiasts of all ages. This image was posted on August 01, 2022. #avgeek #aviationhistory #modelairplane #modelaircraft #detail

Harvey Milk opened Castro Camera in 1972 with his romantic partner Scott Smith (1948–95) shortly after moving to San Francisco. This image was posted on August 01, 2022. #harveymilk #harveymilkexhibition #lgbtq #lgbtqrights #sfhistory

“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, and we speak of the sky as increasing in beauty as it becomes deeper in tint…Why then make our ceilings white?” -Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) Christopher Dresser realized a future in which high-quality design could merge with machine production. This image was posted on July 27, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design

Marjorie Stinson (1895–1975) was inspired to learn to fly by her sister Katherine Stinson (1891–1977). This image was posted on July 26, 2022. #earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot

During the mid-1920s, San Francisco leaders envisioned their city as the western terminus of a new transcontinental air mail system. This image was posted on July 25, 2022. #avgeek #millsfield #sfohistory #airport

To maintain the fineness of piña fiber after it is extracted from the leaf and processed, individual three- to four-foot fibers are painstakingly knotted together by hand rather than spun on a wheel. This image was posted on July 25, 2022. #pineappletopina #piña #pineapple #lace #fashion #design #philippines

George S. Gordon had an idea about how to take Braniff International Airways marketing campaign in an unprecedented direction. This image was posted on July 22, 2022. #avgeek #alexandercalder #braniff #airplane

NEW BLOG ALERT: “Airport Leadership and Change Management: An Interview with Angela Gittens” by Debbie Kahn is now on our website! This image was posted on July 22, 2022. #blog #museumlife #avgeek #oralhistory