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  1. Aerial View of San Francisco International Airport, 1962 - Negative

    Aerial View of San Francisco International Airport, 1962. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) with runways, terminals, maintenance facilities, roads and parking lots. In the background is the San Francisco Bay. Photographer Norton Pearl notes that these newly added terminals doubled the size of the airport. Part of a series 3557.

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    Aerial View of San Francisco International Airport, 1962
  2. Cargo Terminals at SFO, 1958 - Negative

    Cargo Terminals at SFO, 1958. Black and white negative of the original terminals at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). This image shows several terminals and hangars on a tarmac. Some planes are parked outside the hangars and others are taxiing on the runway. Slightly left of center in the image is the Mills Field terminal, which has been converted into a general aviation terminal with several hangars. Southwest Airways, Western Air Lines...

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    Cargo Terminals at SFO, 1958
  3. Fresh Fish Cargo Shipment on United Jet Freighter at San Francisco International Airport, 1966 - Negative

    Fresh Fish Cargo Shipment on United Jet Freighter at San Francisco International Airport, 1966. Black and white negative of fresh fish cargo readied for shipment on United Airlines Jet Freighter at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). There are two workers handling fish wrapped in plastic and packed into crates. The crates are stacked on baggage carts. The plane is in the upper right and on its fuselage reads, "JET FREIGHTER". Parked undern...

    Record Type: Photo

    Fresh Fish Cargo Shipment on United Jet Freighter at San Francisco Internat
  4. Inside the Passenger Terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), 1961 - Negative

    Inside the Passenger Terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), 1961. Black and white negative of the passenger terminal at San Francisco Internatinal Airport (SFO). The photograph was taken from above and looks out over the ticket counters of SFO. On the left side of the image is a row of ticket counters with ticket agents helping passengers waiting in line. On the right side of the image is another row of ticket counters for: Unit...

    Record Type: Photo

    Inside the Passenger Terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO),
  5. Pacific Airlines Crash Into San Francisco International Airport Terminal, 1966 - Negative

    Pacific Airlines Crash Into San Francisco International Airport Terminal, 1966. Black and white negative shows the nose of a Pacific Airlines airplane running into a terminal at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The image shows broken windows in the area of the crash, and the terminal floor and walls are bent. A crowd of people standing in the terminal look on at the scene. Underneath the terminal a ground support vehicle is wedged u...

    Record Type: Photo

    Pacific Airlines Crash Into San Francisco International Airport Terminal, 1
  6. Pacific Southwest Airlines Stewardesses Pose with Parisian Sourdough Bread, 1967 - Negative

    Pacific Southwest Airlines Stewardesses Pose with Parisian Sourdough Bread, 1967. Black and white negative shows Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) stewardesses posing with large loaves of french bread in front of a PSA aircraft at the San Francisco International Airport. The image is shot from below looking up at the two women who stand back to back wearing matching dress uniforms with high heels and small hats. They hold large loaves of bread in ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Pacific Southwest Airlines Stewardesses Pose with Parisian Sourdough Bread,
  7. Pan American Transport Workers on Strike at San Francisco International Airport, July 1962 - Negative

    Pan American Transport Workers on Strike at San Francisco International Airport, July 1962. Black and white negative shows about 13 Pan American World Airways employees from Local Union #505 forming a picket line at a San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Terminal. The workers hold signs that read, "PAN / AMERICAN / REFUSES TO / NEGOTIATE / TRANSPORT / WORKERS UNION / LOCAL 505" and "PAN / AMERICAN / PROTESTS / STRIKE / TR...

    Record Type: Photo

    Pan-American Transport Workers on Strike at San Francisco International Air
  8. San Francisco International Airport Cargo Area, June 1965 - Negative

    San Francisco International Airport Cargo Area, June 1965. Black and white photo negative of general SFO cargo area looking north. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    San Francisco International Airport Cargo Area, June 1965
  9. San Francisco International Airport Pinwheel Terminals, 1961 - Negative

    San Francisco International Airport Pinwheel Terminals, 1961. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of a United Airlines terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Five airplanes are parked on the tarmac around a central hexagon-shaped terminal in a pinwheel formation. Two jet bridges, one near the front and one near the back, connect each airplane to the terminal. "UNITED" is visible on each plane's fuselage, rudder, and left...

    Record Type: Photo

    San Francisco International Airport Pinwheel Terminals, 1961
  10. Tony Bennet with PSA Stewardesses at San Francisco International Airport, 1966 - Negative

    Tony Bennet with PSA Stewardesses at San Francisco International Airport, 1966. Black and white negative of Tony Bennett with two Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) stewardesses at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Bennett wears a dark suit and throws up one of his hands. Posing with him are two stewardesses who wear white uniforms and hats. They stand in front of stairs coming down from a PSA Aircraft. There is a baggage handler in the ba...

    Record Type: Photo

    Tony Bennet with PSA Stewardesses at San Francisco International Airport, 1
  11. Trans World Airlines Cargo Plane Loading at San Francisco International Airport, 1963 - Negative

    Trans World Airlines Cargo Plane Loading at San Francisco International Airport, 1963. Black and white negative shows cargo being loaded into a Trans World Airlines (TWA) cargo plane at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The aircraft appears in the background with one worker standing in the open cargo door in the fuselage. Next to the cargo door are two workers on a raised scissor lift with rollers. On the ground around the plane in the f...

    Record Type: Photo

    Trans World Airlines Cargo Plane Loading at San Francisco International Air
  12. Trans World Airlines Passenger Terminal at San Francisco International Airport, 1963 - Negative

    Trans World Airlines Passenger Terminal at San Francisco International Airport, 1963. Black and white negative shows the Trans World Airlines (TWA) Passenger Terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The image shows a man riding down an escalator at center right. The view of the escalator is partially obscured by a marble half-wall in the foreground along the bottom of the image. The TWA and American Airlines ticket counters are vis...

    Record Type: Photo

    Trans World Airlines Passenger Terminal at San Francisco International Airp
  13. United Airlines Cargo Loading Facility at San Francisco International Airport, 1966 - Negative

    United Airlines Cargo Loading Facility at San Francisco International Airport, 1966. Black and white negative shows the interior of the new United Airlines cargo loading facility at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The image shows multiple conveyer belts with rollers in a large building. Above each row is a sign with an International Air Transport Association code to denote a destination e.g., OAK, LAX, PDX, SAC. Most of the rows have ...

    Record Type: Photo

    United Airlines Cargo Loading Facility at San Francisco International Airpo
  14. United Airlines Gate 21 at San Francisco International Airport, 1967 - Negative

    United Airlines Gate 21 at San Francisco International Airport, 1967. Black and white negative shows Gate 21 at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) listing a United Airlines flight to Honolulu, Hawaii. An agent stands behind a ticket counter at center, helping a passenger who stands below a "21" sign attached to the ceiling at upper right. Behind him, additional passengers stand in line or sit in the waiting area in the distance. The si...

    Record Type: Photo

    United Airlines Gate 21 at San Francisco International Airport, 1967
  15. United Airlines Maintenance Facilities at San Francisco International Airport, 1964 - Negative

    United Airlines Maintenance Facilities at San Francisco International Airport, 1964. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of the United Airlines maintenance facilities at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The facility is in the center of the image, surrounded by parking lots and a tarmac. In the background is Oyster Point, the San Francisco Bay and the lower part of the San Bruno Mountains. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    United Airlines Maintenance Facilities at San Francisco International Airpo
  16. United Airlines Maintenance Facility, 1962 - Negative

    United Airlines Maintenance Facility, 1962. Black and white negative shows an interior view of the United Airlines maintenance facility at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Work is being done on a DC-8 airplane. The interior of the building has a corrugated metal roof over metal trusses. The DC-8 plane is towards the back of the building, surrounded by scaffolding, catwalks, ladders and large pipes. The right side of the building is open...

    Record Type: Photo

    United Airlines Maintenance Faciity at SFO, 1962
  17. United Airlines Maintenance Facility at San Francisco International Airport, 1962 - Negative

    United Airlines Maintenance Facility at San Francisco International Airport, 1962. Black and white negative shows a shift change for workers at the United Airlines maintenance facility at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The image shows approximately 35 workers walking out of a large building with letters mounted to the top of the building that read: "UNITED AIR LINES." There are a number of service vehicles parked along the side of the...

    Record Type: Photo

    United Airlines Maintenance Facility at San Francisco International Airport
  18. United Airlines' New Baggage Claim Carousel at San Francisco International Airport, 1961 - Negative

    United Airlines' New Baggage Claim Carousel at San Francisco International Airport, 1961. Black and white negative of United Airlines' new baggage claim carousel at San Francisco International Airport(SFO). The carousel was designed by Matthews Conveyer Company of San Carlos, CA and building alterations were made by Les Kelley of Belmont, CA. There are eight passengers waiting for their baggage as it emerges onto the carousel. There is also a uni...

    Record Type: Photo

    United Airlines' New Baggage Claim Carousel at San Francisco International
  19. United Airlines Ticket Counter at San Francisco International Airport, 1965 - Negative

    United Airlines Ticket Counter at San Francisco International Airport, 1965. Color negative of United Airlines Ticket Counters at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). There are approximately 19 passengers, flight crew and ticket agents in this image. There is one passenger in a military uniform. There are two ticket counter kiosks with lines of waiting passengers. Above the kiosks is the large electronic flight schedule board showing arriva...

    Record Type: Photo

    United Airlines Ticket Counter and New Flight Schedule Board, 1965

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