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United Air Lines stewardesses receive their wings in the 1940s standing in front of a Douglas DC-3. #WomenInAviation This tweet was posted on March 16, 2016.
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.
📸 1/2: 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.
📸 1/2: 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.
📸 1/2: 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.
📸 1/2: 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.
📸 1/2: 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.
📸 1/3: 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.
📸 1/3: 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.
📸 1/3: 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.
📸 1/3: 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.
📸 2/2: 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.
📸 2/2: 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.
📸 2/2: postcard: Delta Air Lines, Douglas; 1940s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.0607 This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
📸 3/3: 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.
📸1/2: luggage label: United Air Lines, Hawaii; c. 1950 2017.112.082 https://t.co/lWupw0wmNN . 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.
📸2: 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.
📸: 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.
📸: 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.
📸: 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.
📸: 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.
📸: 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.
📸: 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.
📸: 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.
📸: 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.