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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.
What did Terminal 2 look like in the 1980s? Quite a bit different than today. Before the existing International Terminal of today, Terminal 2 served as the International Terminal. Have you ever flown out of Terminal 2? #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on January 10, 2019.
@mark_medstudent @FlyPanAm No, Pan Am ceased operations in 1991. The brand has been brought back a few times since then, but pretty much in name only. This tweet was posted on December 27, 2018.
Martyn Pugh is a designer-silversmith who is known for creating modern forms with graceful and flowing lines. His silverwork reflects his belief that “function and mechanics are of equal importance to uncompromised beauty.” #BritishSilver This tweet was posted on December 28, 2018.
RT @ArhoolieFdn: #OnThisDay in 1947, #MemphisMinnie recorded "Million Dollar Blues." Give a listen: https://t.co/AqEDDx751O This tweet was posted on December 27, 2018.
RT @BoeingAirplanes: As we count down the days until the new year, we’re taking a moment to look back and celebrate our team’s accomplishme… This tweet was posted on December 27, 2018.
San Francisco's cable cars date back to 1873 and are among the city's best known landmarks, having been featured on a wide variety of promotional items, especially those related to travel. Have you ever ridden on a San Francisco cable car? This tweet was posted on December 27, 2018.
#FirstExposures serves #youth ages 11 to 18 and provides a venue for them to enhance self-confidence, develop creativity, and gain a passion for learning. This tweet was posted on December 30, 2018.
A very special thank you to Sandy Lerner for making this exhibition possible. See "Caticons: The Cat in Art" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/9YU4UP82hO #Caticons This tweet was posted on December 29, 2018.
Commonly produced in the 1950s as back-lighted figural forms, kitschy, ceramic TV lamps were proudly displayed atop televisions and provided an eerie, dim glow that allowed for hours of guilt-free television viewing. Did you own a TV lamp? #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on December 28, 2018.
Created by the French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, the mid-1980s Qantas flight attendant uniforms consisted of a dress or blouse with a colorful blue, red, yellow, and brown print on white incorporating a newly updated kangaroo logo. This tweet was posted on January 02, 2019.
Founded in 1993, San Francisco-based #FirstExposures is a youth mentoring program that strives to make a difference in the lives of underserved young people residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. This tweet was posted on December 30, 2018.
RT @flySFO: Happy New Year's Eve! We’ve got lots of great additions on tap for 2019—including a new Long Term parking garage. To celebrate,… This tweet was posted on December 31, 2018.
Special thanks to The Pearson Silver Collection. "A Sterling Renaissance: British Silver Design 1957 to 2018" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/70YAuXGpJN #BritishSilver This tweet was posted on December 28, 2018.
Stoneware is a high-fired ceramic made from clay and a fusible stone that was introduced to Great Britain in the late 1600s. While lacking the color palette of delftware, the medium perfectly captures the tabby cat's coloring. #caticons This tweet was posted on December 29, 2018.
"I use the chasing tools in a slightly unusual way which allows the individual strike marks to be visible and each element to retain a trace of the accidental and organic. This visible trace of the process of making is very important to me." - Rowan Berry (b. 1996) #BritishSilver This tweet was posted on December 20, 2018.
A unique form of #gospel music, #SacredSteel music features lap and pedal steel #guitars. Developed in the 1930s by members of the House of God, music serves as an integral part of their church services. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie https://t.co/ZxjCgBFJob This tweet was posted on December 19, 2018.
A very special thank you to Sandy Lerner for making this exhibition possible. See "Caticons: The Cat in Art" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/9YU4UP82hO #caticons This tweet was posted on December 15, 2018.
Cleveland Chenier, the older brother of the "King of Zydeco" Clifton Chenier, played the rubboard in Clifton's zydeco band. The rubboard is a rhythm instrument made from a corrugated steel board. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on January 03, 2019.
Modern entertaining called for contemporary and expressive dinnerware. In 1954, the quintessentially modern Starburst design was a transfer-printed pattern created to decorate George James’ line of Eclipse dinnerware. Did you ever own dinnerware like this? #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on December 21, 2018.
NOW PLAYING: "#Rebooted" by Sagar Arun and Rachel Kral. Clichés abound when a retro #comicbook #superhero meets his darker and more modern counterpart in this #animated short. #illustration #VideoArtsSFOM @RinglingCollege https://t.co/E7CNlop6zY This tweet was posted on December 17, 2018.
This beautiful tray made by a technique called marquetry. #Marquetry is a technique similar but separate from inlay. Using various types of wood, the artisan would cut and arrange hundreds of small pieces of wood veneers some as thin as one millimeter. #caticons This tweet was posted on December 15, 2018.
This tray made by #ÉmileGallé (1846–1904) features three cats sipping from a bowl of milk. World renowned for his exquisite art glass, Gallé’s firm also produced ceramic and wooden items, often with the cat as his subject. #caticons This tweet was posted on December 15, 2018.
Visually referencing the way molten lava flows through cracks in the earth’s surface to reveal glowing rifts of energy and heat, #MichealLight’s images of Los Angeles evoke a sense of awe and offer a place to ponder the rapid development and sheer scale of cities worldwide. This tweet was posted on December 16, 2018.
@brittagus @esten Hi! If you arrive early for your flight and have a same day boarding pass you should be able to go through security in any terminal to see any of our exhibitions. "The Modern Consumer: 1950s Products and Style" is on display in Terminal 3. https://t.co/A9goh76A5o This tweet was posted on December 22, 2018.
Do you recognize this location? San Francisco has changed a lot in the last sixty years but these buildings have stayed the same. Fun fact: this street is now a one-way street! #SFHistory Image: KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) sales office, 1952. Gift of Julian Veovich. 2013.126.002 This tweet was posted on December 21, 2018.
NOW PLAYING: "The Christmas Light Killer". With deadpan humor, filmmaker James P. Gannon profiles his friend, a decidedly grinchy Jimmy Cochran, whose seasonal job is to turn out lights along a two-mile stretch of “winter wonderland” in a suburb of Philadelphia. #VideoArtsSFOM This tweet was posted on December 24, 2018.
The Aviation Museum and Library are closed today to observe Christmas. Our other exhibitions around the airport are open. We wish you and your loved ones a fantastic and relaxing day! https://t.co/fI181w6yqE This tweet was posted on December 25, 2018.
#AmericanAir purchased a large fleet of the airliner and eventually became the world’s largest MD-80 operator. (Currently, #Delta Air Lines is the largest operator.) The aircraft proved ideal for the carrier’s many mid-range, regional services. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 11, 2018.
#RhodaKellogg amassed an extensive and wide-ranging collection of children’s art—numbering over half a million pieces—through travels in thirty countries around the world and through her work with children at the Phoebe A. Hearst Preschool. This tweet was posted on December 09, 2018.
Art from the "Phoebe A. Hearst Preschool and #RhodaKellogg Art Collection" is on display pre-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/6I5gV4OPpu This tweet was posted on December 09, 2018.
In 1938, a modified version of the Lockheed Model 14 was flown by Howard Hughes and a crew of four to circumnavigate the northern hemisphere, covering 23,804 miles in three days and nineteen hours, a world record. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 07, 2018.
The Golden Gate Kindergarten Association is a non-profit organization in San Francisco with a dual mission: it operates a preschool for children, known as the Phoebe A. Hearst Preschool, and it also holds the #RhodaKellogg collection of children’s art. This tweet was posted on December 09, 2018.
The Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra was a twin-engine, low-wing monoplane with a clean, aerodynamic fuselage and a twin tail. It was developed in response to criticism from airlines that the earlier Model 10 Electra was too small. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 07, 2018.
"Behind the world of the artisan is…that desire to take an inanimate material, and bring it to life in a form or image that will sing out; that desire to pay homage to my surroundings, to my creativity..." - Michael Lloyd (b. 1950) This tweet was posted on December 14, 2018.
Clara Adams was a wealthy widow and able to take part in some of the most important flights in aviation history. Here she is with other passengers waiting to board the inaugural flight of the #PanAmerican Hawaii Clipper in 1936. #womeninaviation #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 12, 2018.