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By the late 1950s, popular recording artists were infusing their records with the appeal of chic international air-travel on modern airliners. This image was posted on May 05, 2016.

Namoo House. This object is currently not on display (or in a public location) but used to be on display in International Terminal (Boarding Area A)

Namoo House. This object is currently not on display (or in a public location) but used to be on display in International Terminal (Boarding Area A)

Did you know that SFO Museum has a gallery featuring highlights from our collection of over 8,000 books? This image was posted on May 01, 2016.

Before the age of instant updates and Google Maps, good old-fashioned paper flyers kept passengers updated on airline and airport changes. This image was posted on April 28, 2016.

Dorothy Hope Parkinson Kewin (1922-1976) was the first Pan American World Airways stewardess officially assigned to Pacific route service. This image was posted on April 27, 2016.

Introduced by Pan American World Airways in 1970, the Boeing 747-100 was the first of a new breed of jetliner, the “wide-body,” which ultimately revolutionized the airline industry. This image was posted on April 27, 2016.

Happy World Penguin Day! This image was posted on April 25, 2016.

Our online database features over 10,000 objects from our collection, including over 200 airmail covers from all over the world, commemorating different airmail routes. This image was posted on April 24, 2016.

This Pan Am postcard of a watercolor painting by John T. McCoy depicts a Lockheed Constellation flying over the San Francisco Bay in 1947 on the world’s first scheduled round-the-world commercial flight. This image was posted on April 22, 2016.

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.

This ticket for Lieselotte Mitchell was issued on January 18, 1963. This image was posted on April 20, 2016.

Douglas DC-3s are legendary in the aviation industry for their durability. This image was posted on April 20, 2016.

Before the advent of the Douglas DC-3 in the late 1930s, airlines struggled to cover operating costs from passenger services alone, and relied heavily on airmail and freight to make up the difference. This image was posted on April 19, 2016.

In 1933, the world-renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, radio operator, and navigator, Anne Morrow Lindbergh conducted a northern transatlantic exploratory survey flight for a commercial air route between North America and Europe for Pan American Airways. This image was posted on April 18, 2016.

Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) featured San Francisco in this circa 1968 postcard, the back of which reads, “Flying with PSA – The Nation’s Leading Intra-State Airline – Over the Golden Gate Bridge”. This image was posted on April 15, 2016.

“Sanctuary/Sanctuario” by Juana Alicia & Emmanuel C. Montoya is a family portrait of the Bay Area, a place rich with many different cultures. This image was posted on April 14, 2016.

Pan American World Airways flight attendants were viewed as chic, high-fashion icons of jet-age air travel and were featured in promotions for consumer products and luxury travel abroad. This image was posted on April 13, 2016.

See more of the United States Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco in action in “United States Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco: Honoring the Guardians of the Golden Gate 75th” photography exhibition. This image was posted on April 10, 2016.

Did you ever fly on the Top Banana in the West? This image was posted on April 09, 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.

Have you ever wondered what a ticket looked like from the early age of commercial aviation? 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.

Check out these stunning ladies dressed in United stewardess uniforms from the 1930s to the 1950s. This image was posted on April 06, 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.

Spring is finally here, and we would love to be on a warm California beach. This image was posted on April 01, 2016.

Before we could just pull out our handy smart phones to tell us the time in another part of the world, international airlines often gave out manual paper and plastic time converters. This image was posted on April 01, 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.

Commercial aviation grew rapidly in the 1930s, and male stewards and female stewardesses were a significant part of many airline’s passenger services. This image was posted on March 30, 2016.

This menu produced by Pan American World Airways features a world map illustration by Jacques Liozu. This image was posted on March 30, 2016.

United Airlines will start nonstop service from SFO to Tel Aviv this week. This image was posted on March 29, 2016.