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Born into a family of cabinetmakers from Germany, Anthony Kimbel (1822–95) came to the United States in the 1840s. Around 1862, Kimbel began working with French-born Joseph Cabus (1824–98). The duo began making Modern Gothic furnishings in the 1870s. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on July 29, 2019.
How would you caption this 1960s publicity photo from United Airlines? Image: United Air Lines: DC-8 Interior, 1960s. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges. 2015.098.024 #united #captioncontest #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 27, 2019.
@macjaeh @MTomlinson30 @united @flySFO We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed our brochure! If you would like more brochures from other exhibitions, please email us at curator@flysfo.com with your mailing address. Thanks so much! This tweet was posted on June 24, 2019.
In the early 1970s, United Airlines commissioned aviation artist Nixon Galloway, to create a series of #watercolor #paintings depicting each aircraft flown by the airline and its subsidiaries from the beginning of the company’s history. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 21, 2019.
Over the next ten years, #NixonGalloway created forty-three paintings of individual aircraft for #United. All of the #paintings were used as premium giveaways for passenger loyalty programs. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 21, 2019.
RT @panamhistory: June 10, 1960, DC-8 Clipper Gauntlet N808PA was received by Pan Am, sold to United in 1967. Nice photo at Prestwick by Je… This tweet was posted on June 10, 2019.
Early color photographs of #SFO are rare, so we’re excited to share a recent gift to our collection. This photo from 1947 shows a United Air Lines aircraft in front of the Airport’s 1937 terminal building along with 3 of the original airplane hangars built in 1927/8. #TBT #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 13, 2019.
RT @united: To the 25,000 … Safe-keeping Early-rising Red-eye flying Aisle-walking Smile-inducing Gift-giving Hard-working World-traveli… This tweet was posted on May 31, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1976, the first #Concorde flights from the United States began at Washington Dulles International Airport. Did you ever fly on a Concorde? #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 24, 2019.
RT @flySFO: Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with @united in Terminal 3, Gate 85. Watch performances, eat food,… This tweet was posted on May 14, 2019.
Exciting news from @united! #avgeek https://t.co/5fuCMUcNEu This tweet was posted on April 24, 2019.
Have you ever been to a drive-in movie theatre? Drive-in theatres became a favorite entertainment destination during the golden age of the automobile. By 1954, the number of drive-in theatres operating in the United States had grown to more than 3,000. #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on April 10, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1926, Walter T. Varney, a flight school and air taxi operator, launched his air mail service. In 1930, his company, Varney Air Lines, was acquired by United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, which is now @united. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 06, 2019.
Loftleiðir Icelandic (or Iceland Airlines) was established in 1944. As #Iceland is geographically situated between Europe and the United States, Loftleiðir became a major player in the transatlantic travel in the 1960s. Did you ever fly on #Loftleiðir? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on March 19, 2019.
#Television quickly surpassed radio as the most popular media in the United States during the 1950s. #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on March 11, 2019.
RT @airlinemaps: #OnThisDay Continental flew its last flight in 2012, when it merged into @united. Their proposed merger map from 2010 http… This tweet was posted on March 02, 2019.
The last Continental Airlines flight departed #onthisday in 2012. Leaving Phoenix, AZ, as Continental 1267, the flight landed as United Airlines 1267 in Cleveland, OH. Did you ever fly on #Continental? #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 02, 2019.
In 1959, United Air Lines and Delta Airlines introduced the Douglas DC-8. The DC-8-63 series, an updated, stretched, long-range variant of the DC-8 promoted as the "Super 63", was introduced nearly a decade later. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on February 22, 2019.
United Air Lines introduced its first Boeing 747 in 1970 for the popular west coast-to-Hawai’i route. United furnished their “Captain’s Lounge” with namesake chairs in an open layout. What are your fondest memories of the Boeing 747? #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 14, 2019.
This photo from 1959 shows a group of #stewardesses in front of #United Air Lines' training center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They're wearing a new #uniform, released that same year, designed by Raymond Loewy as part of his complete re-branding of United's identity for the #jetage. This tweet was posted on February 20, 2019.
This rare view of the United Air Lines Ticket Office in downtown San Francisco is from circa 1933. Do you remember purchasing flight tickets at a ticket office? #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 06, 2019.
Robert the #Robot was the first plastic toy robot manufactured in the United States. A small, windup record player hidden inside the toy enabled Robert to repeat the phrase, “I am Robert the Robot, the mechanical man, drive me, steer me.” #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on February 07, 2019.
Advertised as the “Picture-in-a-Minute” camera, this revolutionary device combined film exposure and processing into one unit. #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on January 23, 2019.
By the 1920s and ’30s, steel-guitar playing had become popular in the United States. The instrument is typically played horizontally rather than upright. #StoryofArhoolie This tweet was posted on January 16, 2019.
The #Douglas DC-8 was developed during the mid-1950s as a competitive design to #Boeing’s 707. #United Air Lines chose Douglas and launched domestic #transcontinental jet service with the DC-8-10 series in September 1959. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on January 09, 2019.
On January 1, 1937, United Air Lines started the first Douglas DC-3 service to San Francisco Airport. United used the 21-seat DC-3 for 8 flights daily from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and coast-to-coast service to New York in just fifteen hours. #avgeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on January 03, 2019.
Within the span of a single lifetime, #Boeing went from producing piston-engine, propeller-driven aircraft to modern jetliners. Shown here in an United Airlines photo are the model 247, introduced in 1933, next to the iconic 747, introduced in 1970. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 06, 2018.
#HappyThanksgiving! This year, SFO Museum is thankful for our new office and storage building. One of our favorite additions is the 16-foot high compacting shelving units in our collections storage room. #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on November 23, 2018.
Our online database contains a wide variety of airline brochures, including route maps from the 1920s. Check out our collection of maps on our online database: https://t.co/0g3kXvbu8u #avgeek #united This tweet was posted on November 18, 2018.
The last scheduled United #Boeing #747 flight took off from #SFO to Honolulu #onthisday last year. https://t.co/9H85gzT8WN This tweet was posted on November 07, 2018.
Daylight savings time just ended in the United States, signaling the beginning of winter. Where has your favorite winter getaway been? #TravelTuesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 06, 2018.
The last scheduled United #Boeing #747 flight took off from #SFO to Honolulu #onthisday in 2017. The plane, painted in a classic livery, departed at 11AM. The celebration including a visit from United CEO Oscar Munoz. ⚡️ “#UA747Farewell ” by @united https://t.co/O49WFZmP0o This tweet was posted on November 07, 2018.
The #accordion, introduced by #German immigrants to the United States, was incorporated into the #Cajun and #Creole repertoire around the turn of the twentieth century. Lyrics are still sung in #French today. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 07, 2018.
During the 1960s folk music revival, #BigMamaThornton made several records with Arhoolie and performed at a number of festivals in the United States and Europe. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie @Folkways @ArhoolieFdn This tweet was posted on October 12, 2018.
The #Stinson Model A was one of the last commercial airliners produced in the United States with a steel-tube and fabric fuselage. It was a relatively successful short-range, medium-capacity, tri-motor airliner. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on October 03, 2018.
Cast your mind far, far back to the days before cell phones... When travelling internationally, how would you make a phone call? United Airlines offered pre-paid phone cards through their mileage reward programs. Do you remember using phone cards? #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 25, 2018.