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Marshall Moxom was a San Francisco-based photographer active between the late 1930s & mid-1970s. During this time, Moxom frequently worked at SFO, where he made aerial photographs and documented terminal construction, events, and airport personnel. #MarshallMoxom #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on August 12, 2024.
At the time of its completion, the bridge was the longest and tallest suspension bridge ever constructed. Because of the hazardous construction conditions, rigorous safety measures were instituted, such as a safety net that stretched underneath the bridge. #SFCityoftheWorld This tweet was posted on October 25, 2024.
📸: photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), International Terminal construction; 1999 Gift of Edith Lauterbach 2006.028.176.008 https://t.co/oAsVQQRJDS This tweet was posted on December 11, 2023.
#Onthisday in 1933, construction on the Golden Gate Bridge started. An iconic San Francisco landmark and a major tourist attraction, the Golden Gate Bridge attracts over 15 million visitors every year. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 05, 2024.
In the early 1960s, enamel artist June Schwarcz's husband Leroy, a mechanical engineer, constructed an electroplating tank so she could plate raised designs to fill with champlevé and cloisonné enamels. #UnconventionalEnamels #JuneSchwarcz This tweet was posted on February 02, 2024.
MFA design student Celia Ziyan Cai’s project reflects identity in today’s digital-oriented society. With herself as the subject, Cai explores how the relationships between organic beings & artificial beings are constructed, deconstructed, & reconstructed in digital environments. This tweet was posted on July 07, 2023.
Suggesting a topography map, the sculptures consist of stacked, shaped planes made from powder-coated steel tubing and greenhouse shade cloth. This material & construction method allows for maximum volume with minimal weight and allows light to penetrate the structure. #PublicArt This tweet was posted on September 15, 2023.
📸: negative: San Francisco Airport, Terminal Building construction; 1953 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.0337 This tweet was posted on October 16, 2023.
The City’s familiar skyline includes the iconic Golden Gate Bridge and Transamerica Pyramid. However, they appear alongside newer towers and constructions of an imagined future. #PublicArt #RobertMinervini @SFAC © Ethan Kaplan Photography This tweet was posted on April 13, 2023.
One of the world’s most complex art forms, opera combines libretto, or the text of a long musical work, with vocal and instrumental music, acting, dance, costuming, wig making, makeup, set construction, prop making, lighting, and audio-visual work. #SFOperaCentennial This tweet was posted on November 21, 2022.
Under construction for three years, the 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal building was extensively documented. Browse over one hundred and fifty photos from its construction in our online database: https://t.co/b70eOVeJLL #AvGeek #SFOHistory #SFO #MillsFieldSFO This tweet was posted on November 18, 2022.
Construction started on the Golden Gate Bridge #onthiday in 1933. This amazing photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge was taken on October 21, 1935, almost two years before the bridge was officially completed. Have you visited this popular tourist destination? #SFHistory This tweet was posted on January 05, 2023.
What did SFO look like #onthisday in 1928? Construction of the second hangar was underway during this foggy February day. #AvGeek #SFOHistory #SFO This tweet was posted on February 01, 2023.
📸: negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Hangar No. 2 construction; 1928 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.0056 https://t.co/dTAwMs0yWl This tweet was posted on February 01, 2023.
Lockheed’s SST design was similar the Concorde, both aircraft featuring a long nose section, a delta wing, and a long narrow body. By 1967, Lockheed constructed a full-size display of the L-2000 SST and was actively promoting the aircraft to major airlines. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on February 09, 2023.
This terminal, shown under construction in 1983, does not look like this today. Which terminal at SFO is this? #SFOHistory #AvGeek #TriviaTuesday This tweet was posted on February 28, 2023.
“My life relies upon me being able to give to my community, and my reward is when I see people take what I have given to them and do something constructive with it.” - Caprice, 55, Chicago, IL, 2015 #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on February 24, 2023.
The answer! 📸: photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Central Terminal construction; 1983 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2005.137.048.001 https://t.co/lwLYrbvzWW This tweet was posted on February 28, 2023.
With herself as the subject, the artist uses a rich mix of images, graphics, and typography to explore how the relationships between organic beings and artificial beings are constructed, deconstructed, and reconstructed in digital environments. #StudentArt #CeliaZiyanCai This tweet was posted on March 06, 2023.
Linda Geary is an abstract painter whose work is inspired by material processes of cutting, revision and repair; a collage approach that references actions of sewing and construction, akin to making a quilt. #LindaGeary #PublicArt #WomensHistoryMonth #5WomenArtists This tweet was posted on March 15, 2023.
Jason G. Yuen worked at SFO for 24 years from 1968 to 1992 as the director of Planning and Construction and after he retired, the chairman of the Master Plan Advisory Board. Read more about him: https://t.co/pK5nKgLkYZ #aapi #aapihm #aapiheritagemonth This tweet was posted on May 13, 2022.
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. #Pride #Photography #PublicArt This tweet was posted on June 15, 2022.
During the WWII, she worked as a welder in the shipyards in Richmond, CA. By 1949, Mary lived in Point Richmond with her husband, Abstract Expressionist painter Robert McChesney, and made ceramic sculptures in a kiln that she constructed at their home. #CaliforniaModernistWomen This tweet was posted on June 28, 2022.
Aircraft propellers convert the power produced by the aircraft’s engine into thrust. Most early manufacturers produced fixed-pitch propellers from wood. Most wood propellers were constructed from hardwoods such as walnut, birch, oak, or mahogany. #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 09, 2022.
To keep pace with the rapid expansion of commercial aviation in the 1940s and 50s, major airports updated their facilities with longer runways and modern passenger terminals including at @flySFO, where construction of a new terminal began in 1951. #SFO1954 #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on August 24, 2022.
📸: negative: San Francisco Airport, Terminal Building construction; 1952 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.0306 negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Terminal Building interior; 1962 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport This tweet was posted on August 24, 2022.
Three more hangars of similar size and construction were added in early 1928, and although they were conceived as temporary structures, Hangar No. 4 stood until 1999. #SFOHistory #MillsField This tweet was posted on October 25, 2022.
Construction of a new terminal at San Francisco Airport began in 1951. Designed in the International Style, the seven-story building employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
Happy birthday to us! Opened #OnThisDay in 2000, the Aviation Museum & Library turns 21 this year! It will re-open to visitors early next year with a new gallery, new exhibitions, and even new carpet! We can’t wait to welcome you back. #SFOHistory 📸: Under construction in 1999 This tweet was posted on December 10, 2021.
The first commercial airliner with an airframe primarily made of composite materials, the Boeing 787 features larger windows than any other aircraft in service, as the composite materials do not require reinforcements like aircraft constructed of aluminum. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
📸1/2: photograph: Boeing 747-100 prototype; c. 1969 Gift of Barbara Johnson in Memory of Arnol Johnson 1997.56.035 photograph: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 747-100 construction; late 1960s Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.0877 This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
📸 1/2: negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), aerial, South Terminal construction; 1963 Transfer 2011.032.0527 . negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), aerial; 1963 Transfer 2011.032.1100 This tweet was posted on September 14, 2021.
Although our Aviation Museum & Library is closed for construction, we have two online-only exhibitions to share! This tweet was posted on July 13, 2021.
📸: Fender Jaguars; 1963/2009 constructed and played by Dave Wronski of Slacktone Fender Electric Instrument Co. and various makers Fender 6G15 Reverb 1964 Echoplex EP–2 tape delay echo 1967 used by Dave Wronski of Slacktone All are courtesy of Dave Wronski This tweet was posted on June 15, 2021.
📸: All: @flySFO Most: Transfers construction; 1952 2011.032.0292 aerial view; May 19, 1954 1997.52.045.011 United Air Lines, Douglas DC-7; late 1950s Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.254 aerial view; May 1954 2011.032.0393 interior; 1962 2011.032.0770 This tweet was posted on May 25, 2021.
📸 2/2: “DoubleJunk” Fender Jazzmaster/Jaguar 1992 constructed and played by Mel Bergman of The Phantom Surfers Courtesy of Mel Bergman Weather King bass drumhead 1989 illustrated by Johnny Bartlett of The Phantom Surfers Courtesy of Johnny Bartlett This tweet was posted on May 14, 2021.