In the United States, the 1970s were primarily a dormant period for instrumental rock until the end of the decade, when in 1979, Jon & The Nightriders unleashed a surf music revival with their self-titled 7” EP.
#InstrumentalSurf
This tweet was posted on April 15, 2021.
In the early 1970s, Qantas Airways hired fashion designer Emilio Pucci (who also transformed Braniff… http://t.co/FmEUTHbNnQ
This tweet was posted on December 12, 2014.
In the early 1970s, United Airlines commissioned aviation artist Nixon Galloway, to create a series of #watercolor #paintings depicting each aircraft flown by the airline and its subsidiaries from the beginning of the company’s history. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 21, 2019.
In the late 1950s, the airline officially changed their name to Aloha Airlines. The airline’s livery in the 1970s, bright and colorful, represented the warmth of the tropical Hawaiian Islands. #Hawaii #AvGeek #AlohaAirlines
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2023.
In the late 1970s, Harvey Milk was part of a coalition that successfully led the efforts to defeat California ballot measure Proposition 6, an initiative to prohibit openly gay men and women from working in California’s public schools. #HarveyMilkExhibition
This tweet was posted on February 06, 2020.
In the late 1970s, Thiebaud concentrated on a series of San Francisco cityscapes that became a signature theme. Created from a combination of direct observation and memory, these paintings present a dizzying perspective of SF’s extraordinary topography. #WayneThiebaud #publicart
This tweet was posted on November 15, 2021.
In the late 1970s, he concentrated on a series of San Francisco cityscapes that became a signature theme. Created from a combination of direct observation and memory, these paintings present a dizzying perspective of San Francisco’s extraordinary topography.
#WayneThiebaud #SFAC
This tweet was posted on November 15, 2022.
Malayan Airways started service in 1947. In the early 1970s, this company divided into three entities, one of which was #Singapore Airlines. This poster depicts aircraft used by all three airlines. How many of these planes have you flown on? #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on May 01, 2019.
McGowan started collecting as a boy, nailing bottlecaps to plywood and beachcombing for items that he attached to boards as assemblages. He moved north of San Francisco to Sausalito in 1969, and during the 1970s he made art shoes under the pseudonym Apple Cobbler. #UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on June 27, 2023.
National Airlines had a goovy logo, which looks particularly good on this 1970s highball glass: http://t.co/2EJwRbzy Who's thirsty? #AVgeeks
This tweet was posted on January 13, 2012.
National Parks are frequently advertised by airline such as this 1970s Air Cal timetable featuring Yosemite. #NPS100
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2016.
Our new exhibit “Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” presents promotional objects and images from the first 3 widebody jetliners introduced in the early 1970s, the #Boeing 747, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, and the #Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. #WidebodyAV #vgeek
This tweet was posted on September 20, 2019.
Razors, hair creme, & a tube of deoderant were in generous kits given to men by Hughes AirWest in the 1970s http://t.co/uRGHhoXKCY #RON
This tweet was posted on April 08, 2014.
Remember ticket jackets? The bright colors on this 1970s one from PSA insures that you couldn't misplace it: http://t.co/TlYTkqSpms #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 29, 2013.
The 1902 California Motor Bicycle on display in #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles was discovered and restored in the 1970s by newspaper mogul and collector Otis Chandler (1927–2006) and is very likely George Wyman’s cross-country machine.
This tweet was posted on March 05, 2021.
The 1970s was a watershed decade in the development of large-capacity airliners. Pan American World Airways introduced the much-anticipated transoceanic “widebody” Boeing 747 in 1970. #ByTheBook
This tweet was posted on September 03, 2019.
The airline introduced a new corporate look in 1968 with bright reddish-orange liveries and a stylized “A” logo, while dropping “ANA” from its name. Several chic cabin crew uniforms were introduced during the 1970s that incorporated this palette. #AnsettAirways #DefunctThursday
This tweet was posted on January 27, 2022.
The combs used to style afros also reflected these principles, none more so than the fist comb. With a handle in the shape of the Black Power salute, a variety of styles were designed and patented in the 1970s. #HairStyle
This tweet was posted on April 09, 2021.
The early 1970s manga and TV series Kamen Rider had such a strong cultural impact in Japan, that in… http://t.co/ZRkJWlHPCU
This tweet was posted on January 31, 2014.
The recent cold snap has us shivering, even in California. But this weather is great for outdoor recreation. This poster from Air California in a classic 1970s style, advertises skiing in Ski Lake Tahoe, CA, and Mt. Hood, OR, both iconic West Coast skiing destinations. #52Posters
This tweet was posted on January 30, 2024.
The sport of skateboarding experienced a renaissance in California during the 1970s. Due to a drought, residential pools were drained, revealing concrete arenas that would influence skaters to pioneer pool and “vert” skating. #localsonly #hughholland https://t.co/GdLVjc5It8
This tweet was posted on June 05, 2018.
The wallpaper in our "Catch Our Style" exhibition is taken directly from 1970s PSA seats! https://t.co/WJRME7fW4h
This tweet was posted on January 29, 2016.
This 1970s Hughes Airwest poster featured a literal flying banana. Did you ever fly on "the top banana in the west"?
This tweet was posted on May 21, 2016.
This is your last week to see “Hair Style”. This exhibition features historical tools, hair products from the 1910s to the 1970s, and novelty items, from early curling irons and hair dryers to one-of-a-kind hair sculptures.
#HairStyle #hair
This tweet was posted on August 23, 2021.
This photo on #United's #Boeing #747 service in the 1970s features three different patterns of Hollywood costumer Jean Louis' 1973 uniform, diamonds, stripes, and polka dots. Which one is your favorite? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 21, 2018.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2012, we presented “Threading the Needle: Sewing in the Machine Age” which featured the development of the domestic sewing machine from the 1850s to the 1970s. Do you remember this exhibition? https://t.co/c0KxjOsHb6 #TBTSFOM
This tweet was posted on August 13, 2020.
Though this #American Airlines brochure was produced in the 1970s, the flight attendants on the cover are posing in front of a piston-powered Ford Tri-Motor from the 1920s. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 02, 2018.