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Image: Installation view of "Mills Field Memories: SFO at 80"

This aviation exhibition was on display between April 2007 and March 2008 in the AML Aviation Museum Gallery 02 gallery, located in International Terminal

Photographs of Mills Field: The Early Days

This aviation exhibition was on display between May 2007 and April 2008 in the AML 06 Aviation Museum Gallery 06a-e gallery, located in International Terminal

Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was deeply involved in commercial aviation's development and early airline planning. This image was posted on March 23, 2018. #onthisday #otdih #charleslindbergh #sfohistory #sfhistory #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks

#Onthisday in 1927 the City and County of San Francisco signed a lease with the Mills Estate for 150 acres to use as an airport. This image was posted on March 15, 2018. #throwbackthursday #sfhistory #sfohistory #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #sanfrancisco #tbt

#Onthisday in 1932, Pacific Air Transport (PAT), part of United Air Lines, became a tenant at San Francisco Airport. This image was posted on December 22, 2017. #sfohistory #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #pacificairtransport #unitedairlines #airmail #biplane #1920s

#OnThisDay in 1930, the City and County of San Francisco initiated the purchase of Mills Field and the surrounding property. This image was posted on August 30, 2017. #sfohistory #sfo #sanfrancisco #sfhistory #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #aviationdaily

#OnThisDay in 1927, the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco officially began operations. This image was posted on June 07, 2017. #sfohistory #avgeek #aviationhistory #sfhistory

San Francisco had the barest necessities of an airport—an airstrip and an unfinished Administration Building—when it officially dedicated Mills Field on May 7, 1927. This image was posted on May 08, 2017. #sfohistory #aviationhistory #avgeek #sfoat90 #sfhistory

When the Air Mail Act of 1925 was passed, the City and County of San Francisco recognized the economic importance of establishing a municipal airport as the western terminus of a transcontinental airmail route. This image was posted on May 03, 2017. #sfoat90 #waybackwednesday #sfohistory #avgeek #aviationhistory #sfhistory

This year San Francisco International Airport is turning 90! This image was posted on April 27, 2017. #tbt #throwbackthursday #sfohistory #sfoat90 #sfo #avgeek #aviationhistory

Happy Birthday #United Airlines! This image was posted on April 06, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #boeing

Janet Knight began flying in 1930 and was the first woman to earn a transport license at Mills Field. This image was posted on March 29, 2017. #womenshistorymonth #womeninaviation #avgeek #aviationhistory #aviatrix #sfohistory

This year marks the 90th anniversary of San Francisco International Airport. This image was posted on March 15, 2017. #sfohistory #sfo #sanfrancisco #sfhistory #bayareahistory

#OnThisDay in 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed his Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" at Mills Field. This image was posted on September 16, 2016. #sfohistory #sfhistory #charleslindbergh #spiritofstlouis #avgeek

Two years after Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco commenced operations, the airport employed just 16 people. This image was posted on September 08, 2016.

#OnThisDay in 1930, the City and County of San Francisco began purchasing Mills Field and the surrounding property. This image was posted on August 30, 2016.

Thomas Edison revolutionized lighting with the introduction of the incandescent light bulb—a technological wonder—in 1879. This image was posted on August 02, 2016.

This photo from circa 1927 features three men checking weather conditions and other important information before the air mail pilot takes off for his next destination. This image was posted on August 01, 2016.

#Onthisday in 1931, Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco was renamed San Francisco Airport. This image was posted on June 09, 2016.

#OnThisDay in 1927, the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco began operations. This image was posted on June 07, 2016.

Hangar No. This image was posted on May 19, 2016.

On April 19, 1930, the U. S. Army Air Corps held an “air circus” that brought large numbers to Mills Field. This image was posted on May 12, 2016.

A Boeing 247 at "San Francisco's Busy Airport, Mills Field," circa 1935. This image was posted on May 05, 2016.

This photograph shows San Francisco Airport’s second terminal building, which replaced the original 1927 Mills Field structure when it opened in 1937. This image was posted on March 31, 2016.

Pacific Air Transport (PAT) was founded in 1926 by Vern C. Gorst, a transportation-minded entrepreneur with ties to the Pacific Northwest and California. This image was posted on March 24, 2016.

Before satellites and computers: these photographs of Mills Field in 1928 document the various instruments airport workers used to take weather readings. This image was posted on February 18, 2016. #throwbackthursday

This aircraft register from 1928 logged all of the plane departures and arrivals at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, today’s SFO. This image was posted on February 11, 2016.