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#Onthisday in 2017, Delta Air Lines’ last 747 took its final scheduled international flight from Seoul, South Korea, to Detroit. Did you ever fly on a #Delta Boeing 747? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on December 18, 2020.
#Onthisday in 2019, the first flight landed at SFO’s new Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Nine gates opened with Southwest Airlines and JetBlue flights arriving and departing from the terminal. Have you been to SFO’s newest terminal? #HarveyMilkTerminal1 #SFOHistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on July 23, 2020.
#PanAm pioneered airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation. By 1930, the airline linked 29 Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories. #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 01, 2020.
#SanazMazinani's series of photographic montages, 'Forever in the Sky’, takes as its subject clouds over San Francisco intermingled with iconic SF landmarks, and infused with Persian motifs to make complex portraits of the city’s sky-scape. #5WomenArtists #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on March 17, 2020.
#StanleyGreene chronicles changes in Uummannaq in a series of quiet images that portray a landscape and its people in flux, and offer a place for us to meditate on a future where the effects of climate will only become more visible. #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on March 20, 2020.
#TerriLoewenthal’s technique shifts colors into oversaturated hues of purples, blues and yellows and overlaps multiple vantage points, offering the viewer a revelatory experience of the Eastern Sierra landscape. #MuseumFromHome #5WomenArtists This tweet was posted on March 31, 2020.
#TerriLoewenthal’s technique shifts colors into oversaturated hues of purples, blues and yellows and overlaps multiple vantage points, offering the viewer a revelatory experience of the Eastern Sierra landscape. #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on March 31, 2020.
A big thank you to the maintenance workers, past and present, who keep the airport safe and running smoothly. Your work is essential, and we appreciate you! #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on September 14, 2020.
A deteriorating Egyptian temple depicts Africa; verdant flora, remote mountains, and a view of the Veracruz region of Mexico represent North America. #ZuberScenicWallpaper #MuseumFromHome #WallpaperWednesday #Zuber This tweet was posted on September 02, 2020.
A form-fitting, polyester mini-dress projected a flashy, energetic look of casual comfort with bright stripes in Continental’s corporate colors. It featured a gold-tone chain belt with a monogrammed medallion. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 12, 2020.
A staple of the San Francisco skyline, the Transamerica Pyramid was completed in 1972. The Transamerica building was built in its distinctive triangular shape to allow sunlight to shine on the street below. Have you ever been to the Transamerica Building? #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on August 28, 2020.
African barbershop and hairdressing signs often detail the latest hairstyles. American popular culture has long influenced contemporary hairstyles in Africa with named styles such as “Boeing” and “Ford.” #ExtraO #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 03, 2020.
Agustin Orengo is an Argentine humanitarian worker now based in Venezuela. After moving to East Africa in 2013, he began to venture on his motorcycle documenting hand painted barbershop signs from Kenya from Ethiopia. #ExtraO #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 21, 2020.
Among the recent changes at the Airport, one of our student art galleries now features photographic details of model aircraft from our collection. #avgeek #BehindTheScenes #museummonday #MuseumFromHome #modelaircraft This tweet was posted on August 10, 2020.
Artist Alexander Calder was born #onthisday in 1898. In the early 1970s, Calder was commissioned to paint several aircraft operated by Braniff International Airways. Do you remember his livery for Braniff? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome #AlexanderCalder #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 22, 2020.
As the shelter-in-place continues in the Bay Area and in many places around the world, we've been daydreaming about faraway locations to travel to. What would be your dream vacation right now? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 08, 2020.
As the world grows more and more interconnected, can you imagine what it was like to fly around the world in the 1930s, when the aviation industry was just in its infancy? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 12, 2021.
Back at the studio, #JamesChronister searched the many photos to find an image with the perfect balance of movement, rhythm, space, and “an energy akin to music.” #publicart #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 06, 2020.
Bonnie Jones Moon worked for #PanAm from 1972 to 1989. Of her time with #PAA, she says she loved, “being part of a flight attendant corps that included so many smart, resourceful, funny, educated, sophisticated, dedicated, talented, and committed women and men.” #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 14, 2020.
Britain's former international flag carrier airline, British Overseas Airways Corporation, or BOAC was founded #onthisday in 1939. In 1974, BOAC merged with British European Airways (BEA) to form @British_Airways. Did you ever fly on #BOAC? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on November 24, 2020.
By creating images that are “familiar but otherworldly,” #TerriLoewenthal presents a vision of the natural world that extends beyond its economic and recreational value, illuminating possibilities of spiritual connection and transcendence. #MuseumFromHome #5WomenArtists This tweet was posted on March 31, 2020.
Cable cars are one of San Francisco's best known landmarks and have been featured on a wide variety of promotional items, especially those related to travel. Did you know San Francisco's cable cars date back to 1873? Have you ever ridden on a cable car? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on July 24, 2020.
Can you imagine cleaning over 5,000 three-by-three inch canvases? Twice a year, one of our wonderful staffers takes a few sessions, with a cumulative time of 24 hours, to clean “Gateway” by #IkJoongKang. #behindthescenes #MuseumMonday #MuseumFromHome https://t.co/WTJ6HV7jqz https://t.co/b0faJa4Wbf This tweet was posted on November 30, 2020.
Can you imagine this beautiful wallpaper in your home? “#Zuber: The Art of French Scenic Wallpaper” is on display, pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/NZaFPvu6YV #ZuberScenicWallpaper #MuseumFromHome #WallpaperWednesday This tweet was posted on September 02, 2020.
Cargo, loaded through the nose of the Boeing 747, allowed for easy loading of oversized items. This configuration was possible because the flight deck was located on the upper level of the 747 and situated just behind the door hinges. #MuseumFromHome #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 20, 2020.
Composed of over 3,500 individual kite-like ellipses, “This Infinite Gateway of Time and Circumstance” by #JacobHashimoto is an immersive sculpture that floats between two floors of the Grand Hyatt at SFO in an undulating, interwoven canopy. #apahm #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 15, 2020.
Construction of a new terminal (now Terminal 2) at @flysfo began #onthsiday in 1951. Designed in the International Style, the 7-story building employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. Have you ever flown out of Terminal 2? #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 05, 2020.
Construction of the North Terminal (now Terminal 3) began #onthisday in 1971 with a groundbreaking ceremony that included a water cannon salute performed by airport fire trucks & speeches by Airport Director James Kennedy Carr and Mayor Joseph Alioto. #MuseumFromHome #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on April 22, 2020.
Designer Pierre-Antoine Mongin drew from the first two volumes of Thomas and William Daniell’s Oriental Scenery for ten of the twenty lengths in L’Hindoustan. Several other lengths were inspired by William Hodge’s Select Views in India . #ZuberScenicWallpaper #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on March 18, 2020.
Did you know that in the 1960s there was a heliport next to the Ferry Building in San Francisco? From the 1960s to the 1980s, SFO Helicopter Airlines operated local helicopter flights from SFO to destinations around the Bay Area. #SFOHistory #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 26, 2020.
Do you ever wonder how animals traveled in the 1950s? Here, #PanAm stewardess Patti Jordan takes time out from her regular duties to feed 5 little passengers that arrived in SF from their native home on the Falkland Islands, en route to Honolulu. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on November 04, 2020.
Do you miss your barber? We sure miss ours! While we can’t offer you a haircut, you can learn about the designs and history of African barbershop signs in our exhibition, “Extra ‘O’: African Barbershop and Hairdressing Signs” online at: https://t.co/4w6G8ZrEoS #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 05, 2020.
Do you recognize the long diagonal street cutting across this photo? What street is it? Hint: it borders over 4 neighborhoods in San Francisco. This photo was taken in the early 1920s by aviation engineer, Stanley Henry Page. #triviatuesday #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 14, 2020.
Dubbed “The Uniform for the Superjet Era,” this 1971 Pan American uniform was designed by Frank Smith who said it was meant to be a “functional and fashionable wardrobe that could be worn in all seasons, and of such quality that it would enhance the #PanAm image.” #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 15, 2020.
During the 1850s, the Meriden Britannia Company perfected mass-manufacturing techniques for electroplating metal items with silver plate, advertising “all the advantages of silver in durability and beauty at one-fifth the cost.” #VictorianSilverPlate #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on September 28, 2020.
During the 1950s, high-volume hairstyles created a greater demand for hairspray, and by the mid-1960s, hairspray became the top selling beauty product in the United States. #HairStyle #hair #beauty #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 14, 2021.