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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
Zimbabwe gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 following decades of conflict between minority white rule and majority Black opposition movements. This image was posted on July 20, 2022. #zimbabwesculpture #zimbabwe #sculpture #harare
Pacific Air Lines began as a business endeavor to train pilots during World War II. This image was posted on July 14, 2022. #defunctthursday #pacificairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
In 1952, following a year living in Mexico, Mary Fuller McChesney (1922 – 2022) and her husband, Abstract Expressionist painter, Robert McChesney (1913–2008), hand-built a small home and two studios on two acres atop Sonoma Mountain near Petaluma, California. This image was posted on July 08, 2022. #californiamodernistwomen #california #womenartists #modernism
Mary Fuller McChesney (1922 – 2022) was a largely self-taught sculptor and art historian. This image was posted on June 28, 2022. #californiamodernistwomen #california #womenartists #modernism
Harvey Bernard Milk (1930–78) was a visionary human rights leader, a groundbreaking political luminary, and a seminal figure of the LGBTQ rights movement. This image was posted on June 22, 2022. #harveymilk #harveymilkexhibition #lgbtq #lgbtqrights #sfhistory
Our newest exhibition, “California Modernist Women: Groundbreaking Creativity” is now on display in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. This image was posted on June 21, 2022. #californiamodernistwomen #california #womenartists #modernism
Founded by George T. Baker in 1934, National Airlines started as an air mail carrier, as did many airlines at that time. This image was posted on June 09, 2022. #defunctthursday #nationalairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
The Southern California Logistics Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
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Introduced in 1959, the Douglas DC-8 was United Air Lines’ first jet airliner to be launched into service and the second American jetliner to be launched into service after Boeing’s 707. This image was posted on May 10, 2022. #jetage #aircraftmodels #avgeek #united #dc8
Klamath River, California. This object is currently not on display (or in a public location) but used to be on display in Terminal 2 (Terminal Two Departures (Post-Security))
Based in San Francisco, the 3,800-employee carrier served numerous destinations up & down the California corridor, from San Diego to Crescent City, along with cities throughout the Southwest and Northwest, and even several tourist destinations in Mexico. #DefunctThursday #AirWest This tweet was posted on March 17, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1920, Hollywood costume designer and Academy Award winner, William Travilla, was born in Los Angeles, California. Well known for dressing Marilyn Monroe, Travilla created this synthetic blend, summer seasonal ensemble for #United in a new color named Blue Frost. This tweet was posted on March 22, 2022.
“Messenger of Hope” celebrates the life of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay individual elected to public office in California. “Messenger of Hope” is on display both pre- and post- security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1, and online at: https://t.co/eGYmHGjUIn #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on March 04, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1889 Lockheed Aircraft Corporation founder Allan Lockheed was born in Fremont, California. In 1915, he and his older brother, Malcolm Loughead, opened a flying concession at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, selling rides on their Model G aircraft #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 20, 2022.
Air California was founded in 1965 by a group of Orange County businessmen who recognized a great need to serve the rapidly expanding business communities and population centers of the region with intrastate air service from Orange County Airport (later named John Wayne Airport). This tweet was posted on January 20, 2022.
In 1967, Air California began passenger service by operating turbojet Lockheed L-188 Electras between Orange County and San Francisco. During 1968, the airline expanded its aircraft fleet to include Boeing 737s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9s and added routes to Oakland and San Jose. This tweet was posted on January 20, 2022.
The airline expanded its routes beyond the California corridor to include Seattle, Portland, Houston, and New Orleans, and by 1987, Chicago, Vancouver, and Anchorage. #DefunctThursday #AirCal This tweet was posted on January 20, 2022.
At 101, we bid farewell to Wayne Thiebaud, esteemed painter of luminous, playful still lives and landscapes, and icon of Northern California. This tweet was posted on December 27, 2021.
On November 2, 1947, the Hughes H-4 Hercules prototype made its first and only flight off the coast of San Pedro, California, with Howard Hughes at the controls. The enormous aircraft flew for just over a mile at an altitude of 70 feet for one minute. #WingWendesday #SpruceGoose This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.
📸: David Robinson, The Bass Player for Roy Milton’s Band, on the Floor of the Primalon Ballroom, 1223 Fillmore Street; c. 1940s David Johnson (b. 1926) © The Regents of the University of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley This tweet was posted on December 03, 2021.
In 1981, Bruce moved into the studio where Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers (@BradburyWalls) still resides today, a nineteenth-century former U.S. Army arsenal in Benicia, California. #VictorianPaperedWall This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
📸1/2: Bruce Bradbury at his home in Vallejo showing drawings for a Vallejo Times-Herald article of a California State Capitol commissioned restoration project c. 1982 Courtesy of Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers R2021.1401.028 This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
Hand silkscreened in Benicia, California, the Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers (@BradburyWalls) presented in this exhibition are Victorian-era room sets that feature both wall and elaborate ceiling papers. https://t.co/zqCl6PmNEN #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper This tweet was posted on October 08, 2021.
Happy Birthday, California! Our great state was admitted into the Union on this day in 1850. In 2015, we presented “Catch Our Style: California Regional Airlines 1950s–1980s”! #California #CatchOurStyle This tweet was posted on September 09, 2021.
Relive the memories online at: https://t.co/OogQHquVtN #California #CatchOurStyle This tweet was posted on September 09, 2021.
This exhibition featured objects from California Airlines such as PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), Air California (later AirCal), and Pacific Air Lines, Air West, and Hughes Airwest. Do you remember this exhibit? What’s your favorite California regional airline? #CatchOurStyle This tweet was posted on September 09, 2021.
In 2010, Sommer Simmons rode Effie from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to Santa Monica, California, from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Carlsbad, California, in 2016, and again in 2018 from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles #womenwhoride This tweet was posted on August 24, 2021.
In 1960, Delta Airlines proudly introduced the 615 miles-per-hour Convair 880, produced by the Convair Division of General Dynamics, of San Diego, California. In January 1962, the airliner achieved a record top speed of 715 mph on a flight from Chicago to Miami. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.