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In 1947 Pan American World Airways added Sleeperette passenger seats to its Douglas DC-4 airliners. Initially used exclusively on transpacific flights, Sleeperettes featured scientifically engineered comfort for long haul flights #PanAm #PaxEx #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 15, 2021.

During the 1950s, high-volume hairstyles created a greater demand for hairspray, and by the mid-1960s, hairspray became the top selling beauty product in the United States. #HairStyle #hair #beauty #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 14, 2021.

In the ensuing decades, women applied a setting lotion, such as Jo-cur, to create finger waves and pin curls. Hair shampoo emerged in the early twentieth century, while hairspray surfaced in the 1940s. #HairStyle #hair #beauty #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 14, 2021.

In 1906, African American entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker launched her ultra-successful Wonderful Hair Grower promising to grow hair long and strong. #HairStyle #hair #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 14, 2021.

“Strangerhood” by #LordyRodriguez focuses on Chinatown, North Beach, The Mission, The Castro, Haight-Ashbury, and Fisherman’s Wharf, neighborhoods chosen because of their strong cultural identities and tourism economies.#publicart #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 12, 2021.

Using the language of cartography, “Strangerhood” by #LordyRodriguez features maps depicting six iconic San Francisco neighborhoods reimagined as independent countries. #publicart #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 12, 2021.

See “Pan American Airways in Central America” online at: https://t.co/cMoTZAe4Q1 #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 12, 2021.

Pan American Airways’ public relations and advertising manager Daniel Rochford photographed the company’s routes through Central America, documenting the fledgling airlines’ foray into countries with marginal aviation infrastructure. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 12, 2021.

As the world grows more and more interconnected, can you imagine what it was like to fly around the world in the 1930s, when the aviation industry was just in its infancy? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 12, 2021.

See “Auras” by #AmeliaKonow online at: https://t.co/SKgx8TgC73 #photography #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 08, 2021.

#AmeliaKonow travels to locations visited by people in search of experiences connected to the mythologies of the landscape and returns with images that reflect the often-intangible sensations that specific locations or geological features can evoke. #photography #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 08, 2021.

In her ongoing series “Auras”, Oakland-based artist #AmeliaKonow uses photography to explore the borders between science and mysticism. #photography #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 08, 2021.