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Her work is often site-specific and engages ideas of presence and absence; exploring what we hold onto, what we let go, and where we place value. #KariOrvik #Geneva #photography #SFHistory This tweet was posted on May 16, 2022.
Hired by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in 1942 as an air traffic controller in Salt Lake City, she transferred to San Francisco in 1946 and became the first female air traffic control watch supervisor in the country. #SFOHistory #avgeek #SFO #SFHistory This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
How many SF landmarks can you name from this 1950 map distributed by Philippine Air Lines? #SFHistory This tweet was posted on August 12, 2016.
In 1911, an Aviation Meet was held at Selfridge Field, the present site of @ShopsAtTanforan near @flySFO. #sfhistory This tweet was posted on March 04, 2016.
In 1973, #ChinaAirlines distributed this colorful map of #SanFrancisco featuring an illustration of the iconic The Sing Chong Building in SF's #Chinatown. #SFHistory This tweet was posted on May 04, 2018.
In the mid-1930s, #Remler introduced the "#Scottie" dog logo, likely influenced by Fala, the famous Scottish terrier owned by president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945). #RadioSFO #OnTheRadio #Radio #SFHistory This tweet was posted on May 01, 2018.
Learn about @flySFO's fascinating history at a #free talk tonight at 6pm, via @SSFLibrary. Details: http://t.co/LotLugU9UQ #sfhistory This tweet was posted on March 31, 2015.
Lesser known and slightly older than the @GGBridge , the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has one of the longest spans in the United States. It opened on #onthisday in 1936. Have you ever traveled across the Bay Bridge? #SFHistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on November 12, 2020.
Lyon’s work is in the collections of numerous Bay Area museums and a selection may also be seen in our exhibition of his work, “San Francisco Yesterday 1948-1958”, which we featured in 2013. https://t.co/6NLk12R1Wb #FredLyon #SFHistory This tweet was posted on September 14, 2022.
Market St. from above in 1924: http://t.co/4dt7IjUWJj #tbt #sfhistory This tweet was posted on October 30, 2014.
Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s. #SFOHistory #avgeek #SFO #SFHistory This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
Mills Field rolled out the red carpet for Charles Lindbergh & The Spirit of St. Louis OTD in 1927! http://t.co/2dQBwDTArO #avgeek #sfhistory This tweet was posted on September 16, 2014.
NEW Blog Alert! Check out “Interactive Historic Maps of SFO from 1930 to 2021” by our resident tech wizard, Aaron Cope. Learn more about this installation in the SkyTerrace observation deck in Terminal 2. https://t.co/eQl34NCMoz #maps #cartography #SFHistory This tweet was posted on February 15, 2022.
Now BART operates 50 stations across 131 miles of track and transported an average of 408,000 passengers daily in 2019. BART’s extension to San Francisco International Airport opened in 2003. Have you ever taken BART to the airport? #SFHistory This tweet was posted on September 09, 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.
On September 15, 1963, the South Terminal (now Harvey Milk Terminal 1) was dedicated at San Francisco International Airport. This was the Airport's first major addition since the Central Terminal (now Terminal 2) was completed in 1954. #SFOHistory #SFHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 14, 2021.
Over time, the photographs in this series have become a document of the neighborhood, parts of which remain and parts of which are no longer there. #KariOrvik #Geneva #photography #SFHistory This tweet was posted on May 16, 2022.
Page had a small flying boat designed around one of his own aero engines and flew extensively around the Bay Area, photographing points of interest. Do you recognize either of these locations? #StanleyHenryPage #SHPage #avgeek #SFHistory This tweet was posted on February 21, 2020.
Page’s images depict San Francisco Bay before its iconic bridges were built. Some of the locations he photographed have been lost to history, but many are still recognizable today. #StanleyHenryPage #SFHistory This tweet was posted on January 17, 2020.
Part One of installation is underway! #WhenArtRocked #music #posters #sfhistory http://t.co/xFQNHCSwsI This tweet was posted on September 19, 2014.
Part of the “Mills Field and the San Francisco Airport” exhibition, the interactive map installation allows visitors to change the viewport to better understand the scale and velocity of changes that have been made to the Airport’s campus. #maps #cartography #SFHistory This tweet was posted on February 15, 2022.
Radio courtesy of Jaime Arbona. "On the Radio" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/1nHbV738Te #RadioSFO #OnTheRadio #Radio #SFHistory This tweet was posted on May 01, 2018.
Read about the work that went into creating the map project, early iterations of the interactive application, and what can happen when aerial images are “georectified”: https://t.co/eQl34NCMoz #maps #cartography #SFHistory This tweet was posted on February 15, 2022.
Read the entire Official Souvenir Program for a 1911 Aviation Meet held at Selfridge Field, near @flySFO. https://t.co/210mGhDLyE #sfhistory This tweet was posted on March 04, 2016.
S. H. Page, mechanical engineer, & aerial photographer, documented San Francisco circa 1920. #SFHistory #NPS100 This tweet was posted on August 25, 2016.
San Francisco officially dedicated Mills Field #onthisday in 1927. The 1927 Administration (pictured here) was used for ten years before being replaced by a larger second Administration building in 1937. #SFHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 07, 2018.
San Francisco's timeless attractions still draw tourists from around the world to our fabulous city. #SFHistory This tweet was posted on August 12, 2016.
See more photos taken by Stanley Henry Page of San Francisco in the 1920s: https://t.co/QkmwZiXShC #SFHistory This tweet was posted on December 12, 2015.
See “Above the Bay: The Aerial Photography of Stanley Page” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/eZlmOaOxuM #StanleyHenryPage #SHPage #avgeek #SFHistory This tweet was posted on February 21, 2020.
See “Geneva” by Kari Orvik on display in the Ruth Kadish Gallery, located in the post-security connector between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/gGAsYdrBZK #KariOrvik #Geneva #photography #SFHistory #SFmission This tweet was posted on November 04, 2022.
See “Geneva” by Kari Orvik on display in the Ruth Kadish Gallery, located in the post-security connector between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/gGAsYdrBZK #KariOrvik #Geneva #photography #SFHistory This tweet was posted on May 16, 2022.
See “Geneva” by Kari Orvik on display in the Ruth Kadish Gallery, which is located in in the post-security connector between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/gGAsYdrBZK #Photography #KariOrvik #Geneva #SFHistory This tweet was posted on July 15, 2022.
See “Harvey Milk: Messenger of Hope” on display, both pre- and post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/eGYmHGjUIn #HarveyMilk #HarveyMilkExhibition #LGBTQ #LGBTQrights #SFHistory #pride This tweet was posted on June 22, 2022.
See “Harvey Milk: Messenger of Hope” on display, both pre- and post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/eGYmHGjUIn #HarveyMilk #HarveyMilkExhibition #LGBTQ #LGBTQrights #SFHistory This tweet was posted on August 01, 2022.
See “Harvey Milk: Messenger of Hope” on display, pre- and post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/eGYmHG2RGn #HarveyMilk #HarveyMilkExhibition #LGBTQ #LGBTQrights #SFHistory This tweet was posted on December 28, 2022.
Stanley Henry Page was an early twentieth-century San Francisco Bay Area engineer who was inspired by the new technologies of flight and photography. #StanleyHenryPage #SHPage #avgeek #SFHistory This tweet was posted on February 21, 2020.