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Geoffrey Hiller created "The Bangladesh Project" documenting day-to-day life in this predominately Muslim nation. This tweet was posted on June 25, 2016.
Happy #BastilleDay! Bastille Day, the national day of #France, commemorates the Storming of the Bastille in 1789, the flashpoint of the French Revolution. Have you ever traveled to France? #airfrance This tweet was posted on July 14, 2018.
Happy #BastilleDay! Bastille Day, the national day of France, commemorates the Storming of the Bastille in 1789, the flashpoint of the French Revolution. Have you ever traveled to France? #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 14, 2019.
Happy #BastilleDay! France's national day, Bastille Day, commemorates the Storming of the #Bastille in 1789. Have you ever been to France? This tweet was posted on July 14, 2017.
Happy #EarthDay! “Green Map” by #EllenHarvey inverts the traditional idea of a map to highlight the region’s green space. Instead of focusing on cities, towns and roads, this map features places like Mount Tamalpais and Point Reyes National Seashore. #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 22, 2020.
Happy Bastille Day! Bastille Day, the national day of France, commemorates the Storming of the Bastille in 1789, the flashpoint of the French Revolution. Have you ever been to France? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on July 14, 2020.
Happy National Donut Day! Virgin America began service to Portland International Airport (PDX) in 2012. This First-Class amenity kit features a cartoon illustration of a woman eating a Voodoo Doughnut in front of Mount Hood. What’s your favorite donut? #NationalDonutDay #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 03, 2022.
Hundreds of instrumental surf bands pressed a multitude of records, producing both regional and national hits. Album cover artwork and graphic design reflected California’s surfing culture and is a colorful reminder of the 1960s surf music scene. #InstrumentalSurf This tweet was posted on March 26, 2021.
In 1782, Congress designated the bald eagle, unique to North America, as the national emblem. This imposing creature takes form in a variety of folk art, including wood carvings. #AmericanFolkArt This tweet was posted on January 10, 2018.
In 1916, Walker began organizing her agents into state & local chapters. She hosted the first national convention of Walker “beauty culturalists” in 1917, awarding agents who sold the most products and chapters that raised money for charitable & social causes. #madamcjwalkerphoto This tweet was posted on August 05, 2021.
In 1928, Joyner patented her own permanent wave machine. She was also a founding member of the National Council of Negro Women in 1935 and founded the United Beauty School Owners and Teachers Association (UBSOTA) for Black beauticians in 1946. #HairStyle #BlackHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on February 22, 2021.
In 1944, National was awarded a New York-Miami route; flights began the following year. Flight times on the route were shortened in 1946 when the Douglas DC-4 was introduced, allowing non-stop flights and increasing both revenue and prestige.#DefunctThursday #NationalAirlines This tweet was posted on June 09, 2022.
In 1957, Ansett acquired its major competitor ANA (Australian National Airways) and assumed the name Ansett-ANA. In 1964, Ansett-ANA received delivery of its first pure turbojet, the Boeing 727. #AnsettAirways #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2022.
In 1966, #PanAm started hiring Japanese nationals in expectation of growth and expansion of its Pacific routes. #APIHeritageMonth This tweet was posted on May 17, 2017.
In 1966, Pan American World Airways started hiring Japanese nationals in expectation of growth and expansion of its Pacific routes. The original seven Japanese stewardesses are shown here, arriving in Miami for their training. #panam #avgeek #apahm #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 20, 2020.
In Parker Brothers' 1939's The National Game of Peace for Our Nation, players competed to obtain national sa http://t.co/SjMfE4Er This tweet was posted on November 05, 2012.
In designing his soup tureen and ladle, #ChrisKnight stated his intention to make “a small comment on the cross-cultural nature of modern society in the millennium…all nationalities have their #soup.” #BritishSilver This tweet was posted on January 29, 2019.
In the 1920s, aviation visionaries imagined how the nations of the Pacific Rim could be linked by a new mode of transportation: the aircraft. Lucrative and profitable airmail contracts were awarded by world governments. #Airmail #Australia #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 14, 2022.
In the photograph ⬆️, Madam C. J. Walker Beauty Culturists conference attendees congregate around the back terraces and reflecting pool of Villa Lewaro. The estate is now a National Historic Landmark and National Trust for Historic Preservation National Treasure. This tweet was posted on May 06, 2021.
Instead of focusing on cities, towns and roads, “Green Map" features places like the Marin Headlands, Mount Tamalpais, and Point Reyes National Seashore. In doing so, the artwork celebrates the beautiful parks and open spaces around the Bay Area. #EarthMonth #EllenHarvey This tweet was posted on April 25, 2023.
Instead of focusing on cities, towns, and roads, this map features places like the Marin Headlands, Mount Tamalpais, and Point Reyes National Seashore. In doing so, the artwork celebrates the beautiful parks and open space that characterize the Bay Area. #publicart #EllenHarvey This tweet was posted on July 05, 2022.
It's National Aviation Day! What are your favorite aviation memories? #NationalAviationDay #Aviation #avgeek #avationgeek This tweet was posted on August 19, 2018.
It's National Aviation Day! What are your favorite aviation memories? #NationalAviationDay #aviation #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Terminal Building and United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 1959 SFO Museum Collection 2011.032.0525 This tweet was posted on August 19, 2019.
It's National Parks Week! The wonder, beauty, and magnificence of our country's national parks make them popular imagery in airline advertisements, even going back to the 1930s. #NationalParkWeek #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 20, 2021.
It’s National Park Week! Did you know that there used to be an airline named National Parks Airways? Though tiny, it served Utah, Idaho, and Montana in the 1920s and ‘30s. #avgeek #nationalparkweek This tweet was posted on April 23, 2019.
John Muir championed for wild spaces to be preserved. Which CA National Park is he most associated with? #ILoveYouCA This tweet was posted on October 02, 2015.
John Muir's descriptions of Yosemite National Park exposed its beauty to a mass audience. #ILoveYouCA #Yosemite125 This tweet was posted on October 02, 2015.
Learn more by revisiting our 2014 exhibition: “The Legend of CNAC: China National Aviation Corporation, 1929–1949” at https://t.co/dmGDbUMQ0h This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
Long before #PanAmerican used Midway Atoll as an island stop in the 1930s-50s on their transpacific route, Laysan #albatrosses had used the island for breeding. They even became the island's unofficial mascot. Midway is now part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. This tweet was posted on November 06, 2019.
Marjorie Joyner (1896-1994) enrolled in the A. B. Molar Beauty School in 1916, became its first Black graduate, and opened her own salon at age twenty. She later served as the national supervisor for Madam C J. Walker beauty schools. #HairStyle #BlackHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on February 22, 2021.
Midway Atoll, also called Midway Island, was designated as part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in 2006. The atoll is home to 70% of the world’s Laysan albatross population, whose individuals can live to 55 years or more. #EarthMonth #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 18, 2023.
Milk’s powerful statement on Gay Freedom Day in 1978 featured a call for national action that would be answered with the National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights on Oct 14, 1979, drawing more than 100,000 citizens to the nation’s capital to demand their civil rights. This tweet was posted on June 22, 2022.
NOW PLAYING: “Native.” Celebrate #IndigenousPeoplesDay with a short film at SFO. Pride in family and culture among #Navajo Nation members in Shiprock, New Mexico, is the focus of this documentary produced by high school students. https://t.co/CUl2Yws9n8 @spy_hop #VideoArtsSFOM This tweet was posted on October 14, 2019.
NOW PLAYING: "Sacred Strides" by Forest Woodward, Anna Callaghan, and Marie Sullivan. Relay runners from the #Hopi, #Navajo, and #Ute nations converge to send a message of unity and collective concern for a threatened public land. https://t.co/0GJ2OnNtsT #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/eldOS8tD6c This tweet was posted on December 04, 2019.
NOW PLAYING: "Swift Current: A Native American Cowboy" by Thilo Gundelach. This short film profiles Swift Current, a member of Amskapi Pikuni (Blackfeet) Nation who maintains a connection with “the old ways” of his culture through rodeo bronc riding. https://t.co/jbcpo974j9 https://t.co/Fmd5bf07sI This tweet was posted on May 09, 2019.
NOW PLAYING: "Traveling Through Brush and Ink" by Annlin Chao. Chao’s stop-motion animated short features a shapeshifting character who journeys through the landscape of four Chinese paintings held in Taiwan’s National Palace Museum. https://t.co/NUYbVFARw2 #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/VocO6lfPIE This tweet was posted on May 20, 2019.