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@Maxjb Great question! The United Air Line Mainliner aircraft hanging from the ceiling at the Aviation Museum and Library is indeed a Douglas DC-3! Thanks for asking! https://t.co/4ds2HiV2QQ This tweet was posted on February 05, 2020.
@Maxjb Thanks so much for stopping by! We hope you enjoyed your visit! Did you have a favorite exhibition? This tweet was posted on February 05, 2020.
In a rally against Proposition 6, Harvey Milk is joined by his friends and political allies, including co-organizer of the “No on 6” campaign, teacher Tom Ammiano (b. 1941), holding the “Gay Teachers & School Workers” sign. #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on February 06, 2020.
In honor of our 40th anniversary, every week this year we are highlighting one of our past exhibitions. In 1999, we presented “Barbie® Takes a Vacation” featuring the iconic doll in adventurous locations. Do you remember this exhibition? #TBTSFOM #SFOMat40 This tweet was posted on February 06, 2020.
In the late 1970s, Harvey Milk was part of a coalition that successfully led the efforts to defeat California ballot measure Proposition 6, an initiative to prohibit openly gay men and women from working in California’s public schools. #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on February 06, 2020.
#StanleyGreene chronicles changes in Uummannaq in a series of quiet images that portray a landscape and its people in flux, and offer a place for us to meditate on a future where the effects of climate will only become more visible. This tweet was posted on February 07, 2020.
Founded in 2011, Art School of San Francisco Bay grew from the desire to teach classical art skills to students in a manner that appeals to a wide audience. #MangaDrawingClub @artschoolsfbay This tweet was posted on February 10, 2020.
In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy captured the nation’s attention by refurbishing the Diplomatic Reception Room in The White House with a set of “Views of North America” created by #Zuber et Zie. #ZuberScenicWallpaper #WallpaperWednesday This tweet was posted on January 22, 2020.
In honor of our 40th anniversary, every week this year we are highlighting one of our past exhibitions. In 2016, we presented, "The Mysterious Talking Board: Ouija and Beyond," featuring over 100 historical Ouija Boards. Have you ever played with a Ouija Board? #TBTSFOM #SFOMat40 This tweet was posted on January 23, 2020.
In the late 1960s, Pan American World Airways commissioned renowned psychedelic artist @Peter_Max to create a promotional poster that showed the new Boeing 747 taking off through rainbow rays of the solar system. Do you have a favorite airline advertisement? #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on February 10, 2020.
The famous wallpaper, originally from a historic home set for demolition in Maryland, remains on the walls of the Diplomatic Reception Room today. #ZuberScenicWallpaper #WallpaperWednesday #Zuber This tweet was posted on January 22, 2020.
The first flight of the Boeing 247 took place #onthisday in 1933. Considered the first modern airliner, the Boeing 247 had a maximum speed of 200 mph, faster than the U.S. Army Air Corps’ fighter aircraft of the time. #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 07, 2020.
“Terra-Techne“ by #LizGlynn consists of six suspended “tectonic plates,” each representing a different continent. From the departures level, passengers look up to see multiple iconic California landscape suspended from the underside of each continent. This tweet was posted on January 24, 2020.
#OnThisDay in 1959, the #Convair 880 took off on its maiden flight. The aircraft was claimed to be the fastest commercial jetliner in service at the time with a maximum cruising speed of 615mph. Have you ever flown on a Convair 880? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2020.
#TammyRaeCarland conceived of the “On Becoming” series out of a desire to re-create a lost archive of her family. She said, “I had wanted an image of me in the presence of my parents.” This tweet was posted on January 28, 2020.
By creating these images, #TammyRaeCarland produces a parallel between the camera’s ability to construct an imagined world and her parents’ constructed identities. She becomes her parents, who were never able to become their authentic selves. This tweet was posted on January 28, 2020.
Each circuit board in “Terra-Techne“ by #LizGlynn depicts a different design in the evolution of the silicon chip. In this inverted landscape, technology replaces the root network of the plant, symbolically becoming the source of growth and connectivity in the digital age. This tweet was posted on January 24, 2020.
RIP Wes Wilson, one of the great designers of rock posters in the mid-1960s. Known for a restless style of lettering, and a fondness for orange and red, his impact on classic San Francisco rock posters can’t be overstated. https://t.co/kbjQwJub0D https://t.co/qoLd0Ih7Qd This tweet was posted on January 29, 2020.
Introduced April 1,1949 by Pan American, the Boeing 377 #Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft. Its unique fuselage was equipped with two decks; the upper contained a roomy main cabin, while the lower featured a popular cocktail lounge. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 31, 2020.
RT @airandspace: In late January 1929, 17-year-old aviator Elinor Smith established a women's endurance record with a 13 hour 16 minute fli… This tweet was posted on January 31, 2020.
#Hooke, on feathers: Neer a million of distinct parts & every 1 of them shap'd in a most regular & admirable form: http://t.co/uT233hB5 This tweet was posted on February 23, 2012.
Isn't Ducati's "Marianna" a beauty? Good pic! RT @jensvoigtsarmy: 1950's Italian bike exhibit at SFO right now. http://t.co/MGky12aL This tweet was posted on February 27, 2012.
Like our TV exhibit in T3? Want more? @SFGate has a photo gallery just for you: http://t.co/vF550Omf "6 Decades of Cutting Edge TV Sets" This tweet was posted on February 23, 2012.
Michael Ross' photo exhibit in T3 has a pic of 15th C. UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Tomb of Askia: http://t.co/yWTnW4ex Have you been? This tweet was posted on February 24, 2012.
We're glad you enjoyed TV in the Antenna Age! RT @ReloMary: Enjoy a little bit of #nostalgia on display at #SFO http://t.co/rl7QBqCD We did! This tweet was posted on February 27, 2012.
#Onthisday, the first McDonnell Douglas MD-11 took flight in 1990. The MD-11 was based on the design of the DC-10, introduced in 1971, and featured a stretched fuselage, increased wingspan, and a glass cockpit. Have you ever flown on a #MD11? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 10, 2020.
During World War II, Lockheed Constellations were designated as C-69 military transports. In 1944, Howard Hughes flew a C-69 from Burbank, California to Washington, D.C. in a record time of 6 hrs and 57 min. Did you ever fly on a Lockheed Constellation? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 09, 2020.
Louis Comfort #Tiffany began a career as an interior designer during the late 1870s. Tiffany’s residence featured dining room walls covered in Japanese papers, a drawing room with Moorish columns, and a fireplace with mica panels in a spider web pattern. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on January 10, 2020.
The inaugural flight of the #Concorde for the #Braniff International Airways and British Airways joint #SST service to London from Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington, D.C. was inaugurated #onthisday in 1979. Did you ever fly on a Concorde? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 13, 2020.
#HarveyMilk was a visionary human rights leader, a groundbreaking political luminary, and a seminal figure of the #LGBTQ rights movement. Did you know Harvey Milk ran for the San Francisco City and County Board of Supervisors twice before he won? #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on January 15, 2020.
Pan American Airways’ inaugurated first scheduled passenger flight on January 16, 1928, with a Fokker F-VIIa/3m. Flying from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, the plane made the 90-mile trip in just under 90 minutes. The round-trip fare was $100 or $1,486.75 now. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 16, 2020.
To create the images in “Color Light Abstractions”, #photographer #WynnBullock produced an apparatus that held a number of horizontal sheets of clear glass spaced evenly above one another. #photography This tweet was posted on January 15, 2020.
In 1969, Continental Airlines received approval for a route to Hawai’i, which the airline considered the most lucrative. The service was widely advertised and featured on promotional items such as branded flight bags. Do you own any flight bags? #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on December 26, 2019.
In honor of our 40th anniversary, every week this year we are highlighting one of our past exhibitions. In 2011, we presented "The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank" featuring textiles and furnishings by Josef Frank, a leading pioneer of Swedish Modern design. #TBTSFOM #SFOMat40 This tweet was posted on January 16, 2020.
Stanley Henry Page was a San Francisco Bay Area engineer who was inspired by the new technologies of flight. In the 1920s, Stanley Page merged his love of flying with glass plate photography. #StanleyHenryPage This tweet was posted on January 17, 2020.
A French portrait of the New World in the 1830s, it features several idealized scenes beginning with New York Bay as seen from New Jersey. #ZuberScenicWallpaper This tweet was posted on December 27, 2019.