United's 1940s colorful US route map also shows the limits of trans-Pacific flight options: http://t.co/awovdf8elK #routemap
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2014.
What did SFO look like in the 1940s? These postcards of the airport produced in the ‘40s give us a glimpse back into history. What do you think would be SFO's iconic postcard picture today?
This tweet was posted on May 03, 2018.
Yosemite was established as the third national park #onthisday in 1890 by the federal government. Yosemite Falls is shown on this United Air Lines calendar from the late 1940s. Have you ever been to #Yosemite? #FindYourPark
This tweet was posted on October 02, 2021.
“Harlem of the West” is a photography exhibition of select images chronicling the nightlife of San Francisco’s Fillmore District in the 1940s and 1950s when it was known as the Harlem of the West. #HarlemoftheWest
This tweet was posted on December 03, 2021.
“One-armed bandits” became a more literal term in the 1940s when casinos used elaborate life-sized devices to draw attention. #GamesofChance
This tweet was posted on March 27, 2017.
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Beauty Brew beer shampoo; c. 1940s
Courtesy of Jeff Hafler, Beauty Bubble Salon and Museum
Farrah Fawcett hairspray; c. 1970s
Courtesy of Mickey McGowan, Unknown Museum Archives
Jo-cur Waveset; c. 1920s
Courtesy of Mickey McGowan, Unknown Museum Archives
This tweet was posted on June 04, 2021.
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TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-049; c. 1950
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2014.095.142
Pan American World Airways, Lockheed L-049; late 1940s
Gift of John J. Dunne
2002.108.050
Pan American World Airways, Lockheed L-049, @flysfo; late 1940s
Transfer
1993.03.02
This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
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TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) Stratoliners at San Francisco Airport; early 1940s and 1946
Gifts of and photos by Charles Loomis
2005.062.008 a, 2005.062.011 a
Pan Am Stratoliner over Mt. Rainier; early 1940s
Gift of M.D. Klaas
2018.112.0658 a b
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2021.
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flight attendant apron: American Trans Air (ATA); late 1990s
Gift of Art Huggard
2019.066.044
https://t.co/lIAhr0UW3r
stewardess apron: Pan American World Airways; 1940s
Gift of World Wings International, Inc., New Jersey Chapter
2014.132.155
https://t.co/DQsuQxtIhD
This tweet was posted on July 18, 2022.
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postcard: Pan American Airways, Boeing 307 Stratoliner; 1942
Gift of the Pan Am Association
2000.058.1333
postcard: Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA), Boeing 307 Stratoliner; early 1940s
Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International
2002.113.470
This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.
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M-209 cipher machine c. 1940s
Designed by Boris Hagelin (1892–1983)
Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc.
Syracuse, New York
Courtesy of the National Cryptologic Museum (@NatCryptoMuseum)
L2021.0910.001
This tweet was posted on March 28, 2022.
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photograph: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 377 Stratocruiser; late 1940s
Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
2012.149.0846
This tweet was posted on January 31, 2022.
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photograph: San Francisco Airport, air traffic control tower; late 1940s
In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt
2016.067.016
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
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1. postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Douglas DC-3; 1940s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.1194
2. postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Douglas DC-4; 1960
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.547
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
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Pan American World Airways, Lockheed L-049; c. 1946
Gift of M.D. Klaas
2018.112.0671
TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-049; c. 1950
Gift of Charles Loomis
2005.062.012 a
lighter: Lockheed L-049; late 1940s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2003.065.108
This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
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TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) Stratoliner; c. 1940s
Gift of M.D. Klaas
2018.112.0859
TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) Stratoliner; early 1940s
Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International
2002.113.508
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2021.
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postcard: Delta Air Lines, Douglas; 1940s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0607
This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
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photograph: Maxine Crookston (Schmidt), air traffic controller;
In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt
2016.067.027
photograph: San Francisco Airport, air traffic controller Maxine Crookston; late 1940s
In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt
2016.067.014
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
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luggage label: United Air Lines, Hawaii; c. 1950
2017.112.082
https://t.co/lWupw0wmNN
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luggage label: Yukon Southern Air Transport; 1940s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.168.336
https://t.co/n9G5kKVjM9
This tweet was posted on March 28, 2022.
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Aerovias Venezuela Europa, DC-4 cockpit; 1950s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0108
Pan Am, Boeing 314a “Capetown Clipper” and Douglas DC-4; c. late 1940s
1993.03.14
Pan Am, DC-4; late 1940s
1993.03.22
Western Air Lines; Nov. 1949
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.167.887
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
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Continental Air Lines, Lockheed Lodestar; 1940s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0552
Mid-Continent Airlines, Model 18 Lockheed Lodestar; c. 1941
Gift of M.D. Klaas
2018.112.0217
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar; c. 1940
Gift of M.D. Klaas
2018.112.1017
This tweet was posted on March 24, 2021.
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David Robinson, The Bass Player for Roy Milton’s Band, on the Floor of the Primalon Ballroom, 1223 Fillmore Street; c. 1940s
David Johnson (b. 1926)
© The Regents of the University of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
This tweet was posted on December 03, 2021.
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Photograph: TWA Douglas DC-2; c. 1934
Gift of Carla B. Bos in memory of Abraham Bos
2000.069.023
postcard: KLM Douglas DC-2; late 1930s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0906
postcard: San Francisco Airport, Douglas DC-2; early 1940s
SFO Museum purchase
2003.070.001
This tweet was posted on February 10, 2021.
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Unicum invisible rayon hair net; 1944
Courtesy of Jeff Haeffler, Beauty Bubble Salon and Museum
Solo Human Hair Net; c. 1940s
Anonymous lender
Jac-o-net hair net; c. 1950s
Lovelee hair net; 1920
SFO Museum Collection
This tweet was posted on April 23, 2021.
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photograph: San Francisco Airport; 1940s
In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt
2016.067.018
photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Central Terminal; c. 1985
Transfer
2008.129.015
This tweet was posted on November 04, 2021.
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postcard: Pan American World Airways, Convair Model 37; late 1940s
Gift of Jon E. Krupnick
2022.124.480
https://t.co/HXKNkHz9LT
This tweet was posted on June 05, 2023.
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print: United Air Lines, illustration from calendar; late 1940s
Gift of Elizabeth R. Pomeroy in memory of Harold H. Pomeroy
2006.013.037
This tweet was posted on October 02, 2021.
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photograph: San Francisco Airport, TWA (Trans World Airlines) Lockheed L-049 Constellation; late 1940s
In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt
2016.067.030
This tweet was posted on December 06, 2021.