Join our curator Nicole and fashion designer Anthony Cruz Legarda for a talk on our recent exhibition on Pina textile lace on March 28, 2023, at 7PM PST.
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#pina
MT @sfomuseum: New exhibit alert! Installation is underway 4 Philippine Basketry: Luzon Cordillera from @FowlerMuseum http://t.co/WqlXBmIeMzThis tweet was posted on July 18, 2013.
Making sure everything is 'just so' for our newest exhibit of Philippine #Basketry http://t.co/1ANqcSVxClThis tweet was posted on July 18, 2013.
Midway Atoll, part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, was used by Pan American Airways as an island stop on their transpacific flights from California to the Philippines.
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New exhibit alert! Installation is underway in the IT for Philippine Basketry: Luzon Cordillera from @FowlerMuseum http://t.co/WqlXBmIeMzThis tweet was posted on July 18, 2013.
On November 22, 1935, the inaugural Pan American Airways Clipper transpacific airmail service departed from California to Manila, the Philippines, carrying 110,865 letters.
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#chinaclipper#panam#avgeek#museumfromhome
On the afternoon of November 22, 1935, a Pan American Airways Martin M-130 named “China Clipper”, lifted off from the waters of the San Francisco Bay into the sky setting a course for the Philippines.
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#avgeek#chinaclipper#panam
Our newest exhibition “From Pineapple to Piña: A Philippine Textile Treasure” is now on display in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Unique to the Philippines, piña is an extraordinary textile made by weaving the fibers of the leaves of the pineapple plant. #PineappletoPinaThis tweet was posted on April 18, 2022.
Our upcoming exhibit on piña lace, a Philippine textile made from pineapple fiber, presented our preparators with the challenge of how to safely display these delicate works of art. They came up with the perfect, conservator-approved solution: Fosshape. #behindthescenesThis tweet was posted on April 01, 2022.
Pan American Airways' pioneering transpacific service is advertised in this brochure from 1940: "Over pioneer aerial trade routes blazed by Lindbergh to the lands of the West Indies, Central and South America, high above the age-old routes of Columbus, Spanish conquistadores, swash-buckling pirateers, of clipper ships of another generation, great Flying Clipper Ships now speed along radio-guarded highways of the sky to thirty-three countries and colonies of the southern Americas.
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The Philippine Air Lines is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Philippine Air Lines (PAL) was established in 1941 by various businessmen, including Andrés Soriano. #TravelTuesdayThis tweet was posted on August 09, 2016.
Philippine Air Lines (PAL) was established in 1941. By 1948, PAL was flying DC-6s from Manila to @flySFO via Guam, Wake Island, and Honolulu. Have you ever flown on Philippine Air Lines? #avgeekThis tweet was posted on February 26, 2020.
Philippine Air Lines (PAL) was founded #onthisday in 1941 by various businessmen, including Andrés Soriano, who was the president of the San Miguel brewery. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on February 26, 2019.
Piña remains a distinct Philippine product, popular in the West as high-end linens, souvenirs, handbags, handkerchiefs, and other accessory items. #PineappletoPina#piñaThis tweet was posted on June 27, 2022.
RT @PHLinSF: Consul General Neil Ferrer: The Philippine piña exhibit at the @SFOMuseum is a Filipino oasis in the middle of the busiest tra…This tweet was posted on May 20, 2022.
Recognizing the progress Pan American was making in building its Pacific route while simultaneously conducting survey flights with its Sikorsky S-42 to Hawai’i, Midway, Wake, and Guam, the U.S. Post Office Department issued a call for bids for airmail service to the Far East on August 13, 1935.
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#chinaclipper#aviationhistory