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Creativity Explored @creativityexplored of San Francisco is one of the three pioneering art centers featured in our exhibition "Celebrating a Vision: #ArtAndDisability”. This image was posted on April 21, 2016.

#Onthisday in 1946, the first scheduled passenger flight departed from San Francisco Airport to Honolulu, Hawai’i. This image was posted on April 08, 2016.

During the 1940s, United Air Lines constructed a large West Coast Maintenance Base at San Francisco Airport, along with this beautiful office building. This image was posted on April 07, 2016.

Happy 90th Birthday United Airlines! This image was posted on April 06, 2016.

Pancake Palace used to be a restaurant in the old International Terminal (now Terminal 2) at San Francisco International Airport. This image was posted on April 04, 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.

On multi-stop journeys, airlines would pass out seat occupied cards to passengers in case they wished to temporarily disembark the aircraft at an airport along the way. This image was posted on March 17, 2016.

#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, 2016.

The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation history when it opened in 1934. This image was posted on March 09, 2016.

#Onthisday in 1929, the Brownsville Municipal Airport in Brownsville, Texas opened. This image was posted on March 08, 2016.

In January of 1911, an Aviation Meet was held at Tanforan Aviation Park, also called Selfridge Field. This image was posted on March 04, 2016.

These wonderfully dressed ladies modeled various Pan American World Airways flight attendant uniforms (from 1950s through 1980) at SFO in 1985 for the 50th anniversary of the China Clipper’s inaugural flight. This image was posted on March 04, 2016.

Southwest Airways began commercial commuter passenger operations in 1946. This image was posted on February 25, 2016.

On July 3, 1931, Century Pacific Air Lines began service from San Francisco to San Diego, via Oakland, Fresno, Bakersfield, and Los Angeles. This image was posted on February 19, 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

Lufthansa has been one of the longest continually serving airlines at SFO. This image was posted on February 16, 2016.

The Aviation Museum and Library is closed today to observe President’s Day and will reopen tomorrow at 10 am. This image was posted on February 15, 2016.

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.

Did you know that Pan American World Airways had its own helicopter service? This image was posted on February 10, 2016.

During the 1950s, flying on a commercial airliner was often a formal endeavor. This image was posted on January 29, 2016.

Early aircraft did not provide a way to heat meals for passengers, thus meals on flights were served cold. This image was posted on January 28, 2016.

Check out our thousands of photos of SFO on our online database. This image was posted on January 24, 2016.

#Onthisday in 1970, the first scheduled Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 wide-body jet took off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport at 1:52AM. This image was posted on January 22, 2016.

The Aviation Museum and Library is closed today to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This image was posted on January 18, 2016.

United Air Lines signed a lease on October 1, 1940, to relocate their Western Division operation, maintenance, and overhaul base from Cheyenne, Wyo., to San Francisco Airport, which was a great boost to the local economy. This image was posted on January 07, 2016.

The Aviation Museum & Library is closed today but all other exhibitions in the airport are open. This image was posted on January 01, 2016.

Happy New Year! This image was posted on December 31, 2015.

Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco was commissioned November 15, 1940, on the eve of World War II. This image was posted on December 20, 2015.

The newspaper blurb accompanying these photos of a Pan American Stratocruiser cockpit simulator read: “Reproducing in every detail the flight deck of one of Pan American World Airways’ big Pacific Strato Clippers, this electronic flight simulator has gone into service in the crew training program of PAA’s Pacific-Alaska Division at San Francisco International Airport. This image was posted on December 16, 2015.

For the next month, passengers can enjoy live music playing in SFO's terminals as part of the Sounds of the Season program. This image was posted on December 07, 2015.

Celebrating new routes is a big deal in the airlines industry. This image was posted on November 10, 2015.

#OnThisDay the Concorde landed at SFO on October 21, 1974. This image was posted on October 21, 2015.

In the 1930s, TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air, later Trans World Airlines) was known as the Lindbergh Line. This image was posted on October 16, 2015.