@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged SFHistory This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 88 posts and this is page 2 of 8. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

We are saddened by the recent of San Francisco photographer Fred Lyon, who died in August at the age of 97. Lyon photographed the transformation of his treasured hometown into a center for optimism, prosperity, and growth after World War II. #FredLyon #SFHistory This tweet was posted on September 14, 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.

Happy Birthday, BART! On September 11, 1972, BART opened for service operating through 12 stations from MacArthur Station to Fremont Station. In the first five days, it transported over 100,000 passengers. #SFHistory @SFBART This tweet was posted on September 09, 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.

Castro Camera served as Milk’s headquarters for his political campaigns. A plaque has been installed on the sidewalk in front of the shop dedicated to Harvey Milk and his legacy. Have you ever visited the location of Castro Camera? #HarveyMilk #HarveyMilkExhibition #SFHistory This tweet was posted on August 01, 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.

The first graded airstrip was 4,950 feet long and surfaced in rolled rock fill covered with two inches of earth. Today the airport has four runways with the shortest measuring at 7,650 feet long and the longest at 11,870 feet long. #AvGeek #SFHistory This tweet was posted on June 07, 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.

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.

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.

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.