#Fraktur, or illuminated Germanic documents, employ a combination of ink and watercolor and can be easily recognized by its elaborate decoration. #AmericanFolkArtThis tweet was posted on December 13, 2017.
@SFBallet has performed choreographer Val Caniparoli’s “Lambarena” on an ongoing basis since its premiere in 1995. “Lambarena” takes its name from the town Lambaréné in Gabon where German physician Albert Schweitzer founded a hospital in 1913. #Ballet#SFBalletAt90This tweet was posted on March 07, 2023.
German filmmaker Sylvia Borges was inspired by choir rehearsals in an empty parking lot during the COVID-19 pandemic to produce a film that speaks to forced separation, but also to unity & resilience during these difficult times. #VideoArts#VideoArtsSFO#SylviaBorges#ParticlesThis tweet was posted on January 21, 2022.
German mathematician Alexander Brill (1842–1935) created some of the earliest mathematical models which were made from plaster. These models allowed students to see the geometry of complex functions, revolutionary to mathematics at the time. #MathAtSFO#mathematicalmodelsThis tweet was posted on April 20, 2022.
German physician & physicist Hermann von Helmholtz made important contributions to a variety of scientific fields: he invented the ophthalmoscope in 1851, which is still used to inspect the interior of the eye, as well as acoustic instruments, such as these resonators. This tweet was posted on January 03, 2022.
In August 1929, the German airship, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin completed an ambitious, 21-day, round-the-world trip in sponsored by newspaper magnate William Hearst. It departed #onthisday from Lakehurst, New Jersey. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on August 08, 2019.
In southeastern #Pennsylvania, where wood was especially abundant, Wilhelm Schimmel, a German immigrant who came to the United States in the 1860s, became the most famous—or perhaps infamous—#carver in Cumberland County. #AmericanFolkArtThis tweet was posted on January 10, 2018.
London-based director Jacob Sutton employs the talents of Czech actor and dancer Kristián “Mr. Kriss” Mensa and German artist and choreographer Hannes Langolf to communicate the anticipation of a first kiss. #VideoArts#VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/FK6N5Q9u9EThis tweet was posted on February 14, 2022.
Lufthansa German Airlines was the first carrier to place orders and influenced aspects of its design, including increasing the capacity to one hundred passengers. Lufthansa inaugurated the first service in 1968. #WingWednesdayThis tweet was posted on August 04, 2021.
Marguerite Wildenhain was an internationally renowned studio potter who influenced generations of ceramicists. Born in Lyons, France of English, German, & Jewish descent, Wildenhain enrolled in the inaugural year of instruction at the Bauhaus in 1919. #CaliforniaModernistWomenThis tweet was posted on October 24, 2022.
Men often made items of #furniture for their homes, such as this chair, which is embellished with a heart—a beloved Pennsylvania German motif. #AmericanFolkArtThis tweet was posted on December 27, 2017.
This German Stubenfliege (house fly) model accurately depicts the wing veins and other anatomical features that identify this species. House flies locate sugar with their feet, which are ten million times more sensitive than the taste buds on the human tongue. #IntriguingInsectsThis tweet was posted on July 17, 2019.
This menu translator produced by #TWA helped passengers translate food items to English from French, German, Italian, and Spanish. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on February 16, 2017.
We have a new photo exhibit for passengers in T3 - German Sculpture by Frank Döring. Not traveling? View it online! http://t.co/FG7ttFLkWEThis tweet was posted on March 14, 2014.
When San Francisco Opera presented German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner’s* monumental four-part series "Der Ring des Nibelungen" for the first time in 1935, Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad introduced the company to Brünnhilde. #SFOperaCentennial@SFOperaThis tweet was posted on March 30, 2023.
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postcard: Swissair, Airbus A310; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
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model airplane: Lufthansa German Airlines, Airbus A310-200; 1987
Gift of Jim Lund
2012.150.019This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.