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This 1966 poster from the San Mateo County Historical Association celebrates the history of Mills Field, renamed to San Francisco Airport in 1931. The poster is composed of early consolidated timetables produced by American Air Transport Association & Maddux Air Lines. #52Posters This tweet was posted on May 14, 2024.

The poster commemorates the closing of the original buildings of Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco on May 14, 1966. poster: San Mateo County Historical Association, Mills Field; 1966 Gift of John R. Barker 2002.005.044 a https://t.co/qZFZTjYHpS #52Posters #AvGeek This tweet was posted on May 14, 2024.

From Mills Field to SFO

This exhibition is on display between November 5th 2024 and July 2nd 2026 in the 2D Sky Terrace Wall gallery, located in Terminal 2

From Mills Field to SFO

This exhibition was on display between June 2024 and November 2024 in the 2D Sky Terrace Wall gallery, located in Terminal 2

This 1966 poster from the San Mateo County Historical Association celebrates the history of Mills Field, renamed to San Francisco Airport in 1931. This image was posted on May 14, 2024. #52posters #avgeek

negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Boeing 40A; 1927 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.0035 https://t.co/U5yA9vYJ9W This tweet was posted on July 20, 2023.

By October 1928, all four hangars located at Mills Field were finished. Hangar No. 1 was located 150 feet to the south of the first administration building built in 1927. Three additional hangars, finished the next year, were built next to Hangar No. 1. #MillsField This tweet was posted on October 10, 2023.

By October 1928, all four hangars located at Mills Field were finished. This image was posted on October 10, 2023. #52objects #millsfield #sfohistory #avgeek

📸: truss section: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Hangar No. 4; 1928 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1999.046.016 https://t.co/AMZnLjJ0On This tweet was posted on May 08, 2023.

This pencil-drawn site plan was produced by SF’s Department of Public Works, for the Mills Field Municipal Airport, titled “Progress Chart for Grading / Contract No. 1” and dated March 18, 1927. Notice the proposed runways and the administrative building and hangar. #52Objects This tweet was posted on January 09, 2023.

architectural drawing: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Contract No. 1, progress chart for grading; 1927 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1997.52.001 #52Objects https://t.co/dEXu0tktcR This tweet was posted on January 09, 2023.

📸: negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Hangar No. 2 construction; 1928 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.0056 https://t.co/dTAwMs0yWl This tweet was posted on February 01, 2023.

photograph: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Bernard M. “Mike” Doolin next to Stearman 4 Junior Speedmail; c. 1930 Gift of Keith Samuels, in memory of Margot Doolin Samuels 2013.099.023 https://t.co/futeKVWfca This tweet was posted on June 12, 2023.

📸: photograph: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco; c. 1927 Gift of Edwin I. Power, Jr. and Linda Liscom 2001.044.001 This tweet was posted on March 15, 2023.

The Boeing 40 embarked on its maiden flight in July 1925. This image was posted on July 20, 2023.

Did you know Bernard M. “Mike” Doolin, the fourth director of the airport was also an accomplished aviator? This image was posted on June 12, 2023.

Happy Birthday SFO! This image was posted on May 08, 2023. #52objects #sfohistory #avgeek

While researching options for an airport between 1925-26, the office of San Francisco Mayor James Rolfe, Jr. sent telegrams to cities around the country to inquire about their own air field operations or intentions. This image was posted on February 27, 2023.

This pencil-drawn site plan was produced by the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Public Works, for the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, titled “Progress Chart for Grading / Contract No. This image was posted on January 09, 2023. #52objects #sfohistory #sfhistory #millsfield #airport

#Onthisday in 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed at Mills Field in his history-making Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis." After completing the first solo transatlantic flight in May of that year, Lindbergh made stops at all 48 states.#avgeek #CharlesLindbergh #SFHistory This tweet was posted on September 16, 2022.

📸: photograph: Charles Lindbergh at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco in the Spirit of St. Louis; 09/16/1927 Anonymous gift 2011.134.001 This tweet was posted on September 16, 2022.

📸: negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Hangar No. 1; 1928 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.0042 https://t.co/llZeDgokW0 This tweet was posted on September 23, 2022.

The Southern Cross was initially acquired as a salvaged aircraft. Reequipped with new Wright J-5 engines and the latest Micarta propellers, the plane was based and tested at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco (later @flySFO). #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.

On April 19 and #onthisday in 1930, the U. S. Army Air Corps held an air show at Mills Field Airport. 135 military airplanes performing precision maneuvers attracted, according to some reports, as many as 100,000 spectators. #SFOHistory #SFHistory #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 20, 2022.

📸: program: San Francisco Municipal Airport, Mills Field, United States Army Air Maneuvers; 1930 Gift of Clifford Keithley 2001.043.003 negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, U.S. Army Air Service maneuvers; 1930 Transfer from SFO 2007.048.001 This tweet was posted on April 20, 2022.

#OnThisDay in 1927, the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco officially began operations. #AvGeek #AviationHistory #SFHistory #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 07, 2022.

📸: negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, aerial; 1928 Transfer from @flySFO 2011.032.0081 negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, runway grading; 1927 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.0015 This tweet was posted on June 07, 2022.

RT @DavidGallagher: Mills Field, April 19, 1930 Going out of town, so I thought I'd see what kind of pic of the airport I could find. Aeri… This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.

City officials signed a three-year lease for 150 acres of cattle-grazing land from Ogden Mills, and less than two months later on May 7, a 5,770-foot-long, dirt-surfaced runway was dedicated at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco. #AvGeek #MillsField #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 25, 2022.

📸: negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport site, Mills property east of Bayshore Highway before airport improvements, aerial; 1927 Transfer 2011.032.0021 This tweet was posted on July 25, 2022.

"Mills Field and the San Francisco Airport” traces the evolution of SFO from a temporary airfield to a thriving and modern transportation hub. See the exhibit, on display pre-security in the SkyTerrace, located in Terminal 2 or online at: https://t.co/aL3GtInYaR This tweet was posted on October 25, 2022.

Hangar No. 1, the first aircraft hangar at Mills Field, was located 150 feet to the south of the original administration building and completed in September 1927. Lettering on the roof identified the airport from above. #SFOHistory #MillsField This tweet was posted on October 25, 2022.

📸 1/2: negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Hangar No. 1; 1928 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.0042 This tweet was posted on October 25, 2022.

📸 2/2: negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Hangars Nos. 2, 3, 4; 1928 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.0068 This tweet was posted on October 25, 2022.

Hangar No. This image was posted on October 25, 2022. #sfohistory #millsfield #airport #avgeek #aviationhistory

Flown by Australian pilots Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935) and Charles Ulm (1898–1934), with navigation and radio operations performed by American crew members Harry Lyon (c. This image was posted on October 05, 2022. #enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory #airplane