SFO has witnessed great strides in aviation. For close to a century, the airport reinvented itself numerous times. Looking out over the busy runways and terminals today, one can only imagine the lonely stretch of pastureland that predated SFO. #MillsFieldSFO #SFOHistory #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 18, 2021.
SpiceJet plans to induct more women pilots | Business Standard News http://t.co/wVDNLsQuBk
This tweet was posted on August 12, 2015.
The DC-7C could comfortably seat up to eighty-four passengers and was mostly operated in a tourist class configuration. Many regular business travelers chose the DC-7C simply because it saved at least one hour on most transatlantic routes. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on September 13, 2018.
Waiting for a flight at SFO? Stay busy with one of the many exhibitions from SFO Museum http://t.co/Q4k0UVWE #SFO #travel
This tweet was posted on November 30, 2012.
Walker garnered the support of Booker T. Washington, one of the nation’s most powerful advocates for Black businesses, and she supported Black colleges, secondary schools, and social organizations, such as Black YMCA branches.
This tweet was posted on April 01, 2021.
What's it like to install an exhibit at a busy airport? A bit of a fishbowl... (but we love it!) http://t.co/abThsgdZ
This tweet was posted on July 18, 2012.
What’s happening at the museum? Our team is busy keeping the art at the airport in tiptop shape. This includes performing cleanings such as this one on Bruce Beasley’s “The Hesperides.” Read about how we care for the Public Art Collection: https://t.co/zX3TAHv3Bw #MuseumMonday
This tweet was posted on December 12, 2022.
Widow Teresa Benelli founded a repair garage in 1921 to support her 6 sons that evolved into Benelli motorcycles, still in business today!
This tweet was posted on November 29, 2011.
With the increase in air travel in the 1950s, airlines' call centers were kept *very* busy: http://t.co/RqxgZ0R02c #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 17, 2014.
Wonder what it's like to do museum work at busy @flySFO? Check out our video of the Deities in Stone deinstall in T3: http://t.co/xpDw8rGrJf
This tweet was posted on March 08, 2013.
Wurlitzer also marketed a line of tabletop models for smaller businesses. These compact jukeboxes employed a twelve-selection mechanism that raised or lowered 78 rpm records arranged in a stack to the desired disc. #coinoperated
This tweet was posted on March 06, 2018.
“I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South...and from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations. I have built my own factory on my own ground!”
—Madam C. J. Walker addressing the National Negro Business League, 1912
This tweet was posted on April 01, 2021.
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Madam C. J. Walker in front of her home and business; c. 1912
Indianapolis, IN
Madam C. J. Walker product line; c. 1918
Madam C. J. Walker and Booker T. Washington at a YMCA opening; 1913
Indianapolis, IN
All are courtesy of @IndianaHistory's Madam C. J. Walker Collection
This tweet was posted on April 01, 2021.