Surf music was welcomed amidst the punk, garage, and new wave movements of the 1980s in such diverse venues as Knott’s Berry Farm, the punk-rock-haven Madame Wong’s West, and the historic Whisky A Go-Go. #InstrumentalSurf
This tweet was posted on April 15, 2021.
TWA was purchased by American financier Carl Icahn in the 1980s, though the company struggled in the post airline-deregulation era. The airline filed for bankruptcy three times between 1992 and 2001, when it was acquired by American Airlines. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA
This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
These frequent flyer miles cards are from the 1980s. What was your first frequent flyer membership?
This tweet was posted on April 16, 2016.
We are saddened to hear of the passing of the vibrant artist and teacher, #HungLiu. Born in China in 1948, she settled in the Bay Area in the 1980s. Her signature painterly style was one that allowed the paint to drip across the image and was strongly influenced by Chinese art.
This tweet was posted on August 09, 2021.
What did Terminal 2 look like in the 1980s? Quite a bit different than today. Before the existing International Terminal of today, Terminal 2 served as the International Terminal. Have you ever flown out of Terminal 2? #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on January 10, 2019.
“More than a Meal” presents eight airline meal service sets from the 1960s to the 1980s, along with menus & images of inflight meal services from the time. See this exhibition pre-security in the Intl Terminal or online at: https://t.co/RZvuSbU32G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx
This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.
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model airplane: United Airlines, Boeing 757-500; 1990s
Gift of United Airlines Archives
1999.047.750 a b
postcard: LTE International Airways, Boeing 757-200; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0961
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
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photograph: Pan American World Airways, Airbus A310; c. 1985
Gift of the Pan Am Association
2000.058.0462.004
postcard: Lufthansa, Airbus A310-300; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2014.158.037
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
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photograph: Boeing 727-100; c. 1963
Robert W. Jackson
2006.002.092
poster: Boeing 727; 1980s
Gift of Walton F. Kemmerle
2008.007.003
photograph: Boeing 727-200; c. 1975
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2012.096.161
This tweet was posted on July 21, 2021.
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4. postcard: Republic Airlines, Douglas DC-9-50; c. 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.2547
5. route map: Republic Airlines; 1986
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.522
This tweet was posted on November 03, 2022.
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model airplane: Mexicana Airlines, McDonnell Douglas DC-10;
1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
1999.061.024 a b
slide: Mexicana Airlines Airbus A320-200 , San Francisco International Airport (SFO); 1993
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2015.074.219
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
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postcard: Swissair, Airbus A310; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.841
model airplane: Lufthansa German Airlines, Airbus A310-200; 1987
Gift of Jim Lund
2012.150.019
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
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promotional information: Southwest Airlines; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.160.597
postcard: Southwest Airlines, Boeing 727-291; c. 1980
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.614
This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
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postcard: Douglas DC-3, Ozark Air Lines, Lambert St. Louis Municipal Airport; c. 1950
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.1179
postcard: Ozark Air Lines, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-34; 1980s
Gift of William Rys, Jr.
2019.085.089
This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
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postcard: West Yellowstone Airport, Western Airlines, L-188 Electra; 1960s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.2421
postcard: Transamerica Airlines, L-188CF Electra; 1980s
Gift of George Gayuski
2001.082.153
This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.
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article: Delta Air Lines, Airbus A320-200; 2019
Gift of Charlie Volkman
2019.033.003 a b
poster: Airbus A320, cockpit simulation; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2010.105.570
This tweet was posted on October 13, 2021.
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poster: Boeing 767, The appeal of a profitmaker; early 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.421
poster: Boeing 767, The anatomy of a profitmaker; early 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.422
This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.
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postcard: LTU (Lufttransport-Unternehmen) International Airways, Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0973
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
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poster: Singapore Airlines, Airbus A300; c. 1981
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.273
postcard: Lufthansa; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.451
This tweet was posted on September 01, 2021.
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Bradbury & Bradbury’s first wallpaper sample book c. 1980s
Courtesy of Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers
R2021.1401.009
This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
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poster: Boeing 767, First Flight; early 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.420
postcard: Qantas Airways, Boeing 767; late 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.1315
This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.
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postcard: LTU (Lufttransport-Unternehmen) International Airlines, Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.428
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
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1. poster: Federal Express; 1970s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2001.135.009
2. model airplane: Federal Express, Dassault Mystere-Falcon 20; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
1999.061.082 a b
This tweet was posted on April 17, 2023.
📸:
1. Concorde early design concept model aircraft 1960s
scale 1:100
Collection of Anthony J. Lawler
L2022.1702.004
2. advertisements: Air France, Airbus; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.165.613
3. postcard: BAC Aerospatiale, Concorde;
Gift of Henk Harkema
2023.009.095
This tweet was posted on December 01, 2023.
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Airmail flight cover: Boeing 727 first flight
Feb. 9, 1963
Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
2012.149.2210
Slide: TWA, Boeing 727, @flySFO
1980s
Gift of Nadine McKinney
2016.136.009
photograph: JAL, Boeing 727, @flySFO
1966
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.165.115
This tweet was posted on February 09, 2021.
📸:
Pan American World Airways painting, Airbus A300
1980s
John T. McCoy (1909–94)
SFO Museum Collection
Gift of Pan Am Historical Foundation
2003.058.013
This tweet was posted on December 23, 2022.
📸:
photograph: Eastern Airlines, Boeing 757, 1980s
Gift of William Rys, Jr.
2019.085.156
postcard: Condor, Boeing 757-200, 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2915.166.0481
postcard: LTE International Airways, Boeing 757-200, 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0961
This tweet was posted on February 19, 2021.
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postcard: British Airways, Concorde; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.228
postcard: Air France, Concorde; c. 1980
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.110
This tweet was posted on March 02, 2022.