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Before the AirTrain was completed in 2003, passengers were shuttled around SFO in buses. This image was posted on July 18, 2019. #sfohistory #tbt #throwback #bus #buses #museum

Before the central multi-level parking structure was built in 1965, cars parked in a circular formation in front of the Central Terminal (now Terminal 2). This image was posted on March 02, 2017.

Before the central multi-level parking structure was built in 1965, cars parked in front of the Central Terminal (now T2). #SFOHistory #TBT This tweet was posted on March 02, 2017.

Before the jet bridge, passengers would board planes from ground level using rolling stairs regardless of the heat, rain, snow, or wind on the airfield. This image was posted on December 22, 2016.

By 1983, the Central Terminal (now Terminal 2) conversion and renaming to International Terminal was completed. #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on October 12, 2017.

CNAC pioneered air operations over much of the world’s most challenging terrain as shown in our 2014 exhibit. #TBT This tweet was posted on October 01, 2015.

California also has an abundance of protected and preserved public use lands and national parks such as Joshua Tree, Yosemite, and Lassen Volcanic National Parks. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park contains many of the oldest trees on Earth. #EarthMonth #TBT #ILoveYouCA This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.

California has the greatest diversity of natural areas, flora, and fauna species in North America—around 6,000 species of plants grow in our state! #EarthMonth #TBT #ILoveYouCA This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.

Can you spot the famous name listed here, in the second logbook for Mills Field Airport from 1928? #TBT #SFHistory This tweet was posted on February 11, 2016.

Cockpits have changed a bit since 1939... http://t.co/IQOguD0nxB #tbt #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 21, 2015.

Deer have represented the human spirit and have been worshipped by many cultures. #TBT to our 1994/5 exhibit. This tweet was posted on September 03, 2015.

Did you ever fly on SFO Helicopter Airlines? What are your favorite memories of SFO Helicopter Airlines? #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on August 31, 2017.

Did you know that SFO used to have a Helicopter Airlines from 1961-1986? This image was posted on August 06, 2015. #tbt #throwbackthursday #avgeek

Did you know that funds from the New Deal helped San Francisco Airport improve its facilities in the 1930s? #TBT This tweet was posted on November 12, 2015.

Did you know that in the 1960s, there was a heliport next to the Ferry Building in San Francisco? The San Francisco and Oakland (SFO) Helicopter Airlines operated local helicopter flights in the Bay Area. Did you ever fly on SFO Helicopter Airlines? #SFHistory #TBT This tweet was posted on January 31, 2019.

Do you recognize this sculpture? Peace by Beniamino Bufano was installed at SFO from 1958 to 1996. #ThrowbackThursday #SFOHistory #TBT This tweet was posted on November 01, 2018.

Do you recognize this sculpture? This image was posted on September 14, 2017. #throwbackthursday #tbt #sfohistory #sfhistory #peace #beniaminobufano #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #aviation4u #aviationdaily #sfo #bufano

Do you recognize this terminal interior? This image was posted on April 06, 2017. #sfohistory #tbt #throwbackthursday

Do you remember the buses that connected the terminals at SFO? Did you ever take a ride in one? #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 21, 2016.

Do you remember this sign? It was located on the roadway approach to @flySFO and read “Welcome to San Francisco." #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on September 07, 2017.

Do you remember this sign? This image was posted on September 07, 2017. #throwbackthursday #tbt #sfohistory #sfo #paxex #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #sanfrancisco

Do you remember this terminal at SFO? This image was posted on July 20, 2017. #tbt #throwbackthursday #united #unitedairlines #sfohistory #sfo

Do you remember when "Conquest of Space" by Rufino Tamayo was located in Terminal 2? https://t.co/kh7V8hBUma #SFOHistory #TBT #airportart This tweet was posted on January 19, 2017.

During World War II, Pan American Airways moved their flying boat operations from Treasure Island to SFO's Seaplane Harbor. This image was posted on December 28, 2017. #throwbackthursday #tbt #sfohistory #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #panam

During the 1940s, United Air Lines constructed a large West Coast Maintenance Base at San Francisco Airport, along with this beautiful office building. This image was posted on April 07, 2016.

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, with airport planners projecting that annual passenger traffic at SFO would reach 23 million, a series of design, engineering, and construction projects were proposed. This image was posted on June 08, 2017. #sfohistory #sfhistory #avgeek #aviationhistory #tbt #throwbackthursday

Early color photographs of #SFO are rare, so we’re excited to share a recent gift to our collection. This photo from 1947 shows a United Air Lines aircraft in front of the Airport’s 1937 terminal building along with 3 of the original airplane hangars built in 1927/8. #TBT #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 13, 2019.

Early color photographs of San Francisco Airport are rare, so we’re excited to share with you a recent gift to our collection. This image was posted on June 13, 2019. #throwbackthursday #tbt #sfo #sfohistory #sfhistory #1940s

Even in an early stage of construction, T2 is clearly recognizable in this photo from 1952: http://t.co/fc4Zxl93B0 #throwbackthursday #tbt This tweet was posted on December 26, 2013.

Flight attendants from multiple airlines wave at the thousands of visitors below, part of the dedication ceremony for the Central Terminal (now T2) in 1954. #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on February 01, 2018.

Flying for the first time? These ladies staffing the information desk at SFO in the 1940s were the people to help passengers. #TBT This tweet was posted on March 23, 2017.

Flying for the first time? This image was posted on March 23, 2017. #tbt #throwbackthursday #sfohistory #womenshistorymonth #aviationhistory #womeninaviation #avgeek

For all the Kirk Hammett and #classicmonsters fans out there! This image was posted on August 03, 2015. #tbt #kirkhammett #metallica #classicmonsters #sfomuseum #flysfo #sanfrancisco