@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged SFHistory This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 88 posts and this is page 4 of 8. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

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.

Happy Birthday to the Golden Gate Bridge! The bridge spans almost two miles of water between Marin County and San Francisco and held the title of the longest suspension bridge for almost 30 years. Have you visited this popular tourist destination? #SFHistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 27, 2020.

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.

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.

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.

“Above the Bay: The Aerial Photography of Stanley Page” is on display, pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/eZlmOaOxuM #StanleyHenryPage #SFHistory This tweet was posted on January 17, 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.

#OnThisDay in 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed his Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" at Mills Field. San Francisco celebrated the famous aviator by declaring the day “Lindbergh Day." #SFOHistory #SFHistory #CharlesLindbergh This tweet was posted on September 16, 2019.

#OnThisDay in 1939, Pan American Airways’ first scheduled flight from Treasure Island departed. Constructed for the 1939–40 Golden Gate International Exposition, #PanAm relocated its seaplane base to Treasure Island in 1938. #SFHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 05, 2019.

Did you know that in the 1960s, there was a heliport next to the Ferry Building in San Francisco? The San Francisco and Oakland (SFO) Helicopter Airlines operated local helicopter flights in the Bay Area. Did you ever fly on SFO Helicopter Airlines? #SFHistory #TBT This tweet was posted on January 31, 2019.

Do you recognize this location? San Francisco has changed a lot in the last sixty years but these buildings have stayed the same. Fun fact: this street is now a one-way street! #SFHistory Image: KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) sales office, 1952. Gift of Julian Veovich. 2013.126.002 This tweet was posted on December 21, 2018.

Built for the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915, the Palace of Fine Arts is a San Francisco landmark. This photo was taken about 5 years after the Expo & the remnants of the fair buildings are still visible. Have you ever been to the Palace of Fine Arts? #SFHistory This tweet was posted on August 31, 2018.