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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.