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1. Aerial of Cargo Area at San Francisco International Airport Looking North - Negative

   Black and white negative shows an aerial looking north of Cargo Building No. 2 and Cargo Building No. 3 at the San Francisco International Airport. Two parking lots appear in the foreground and airport runways appear across the image in the background.

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2. Aerial of Rick Helicopters, Inc. Hangar, American Airlines Hangar, and Office Complex at San Francisco International Airport - Negative

   Black and white negative shows an aerial looking south of airplane hangars at San Francisco International Airport. A rectangular two story building appears at center in the foreground. A hanger for Rick Helicopters, Inc. appears at center left, and a hanger for American Airlines is visible just right of center in the near distance. The SFO terminal appears in the background behind the American Airlines hanger.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Aerial of United Airlines Maintenance Facility at San Francisco International Airport, 1964 - Negative

   Aerial of United Airlines Maintenance Facility at San Francisco International Airport, 1964. Black and white negative shows an aerial view looking east toward the United Airlines maintenance facility at the San Francisco International Airport. Three aircraft are parked in a row on a rectangular painted section of tarmac at center. Two additional aircraft appear opposite them next to a large rectangular building with a sign along the roof that rea...

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4. 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.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Aerial View of San Francisco International Airport and Surrounding Cities, 1961 - Negative

   Aerial View of San Francisco International Airport and Surrounding Cities, 1961. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and the surrounding cities, looking west. From the bottom of the photograph moving upwards are the cities of Burlingame, Millbrae, South San Francisco, Daly City, Brisbane and San Francisco.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Aircraft Ground Control Tower Operations at San Francisco International Airport, 1964 - Negative

   Aircraft Ground Control Tower Operations at San Francisco International Airport, 1964. Black and white photo negative of aircraft ground control tower operations at San Francisco International Airport. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Airplane Takeoff at San Francisco International Airport, 1964 - Negative

   Airplane Takeoff at San Francisco International Airport, 1964. Black and white negative of an airplane as it takes off from the runway at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The airline is unidentified and there appears to be a partial "T" on the vertical tail, which may suggest that the airline is Trans World Airlines (TWA). There is exhaust coming from the plane's four engines. Part of a series.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Airports Will Be Downtown By 1970! - Document, Digital

   Airports Will Be Downtown By 1970! Digital photographs of a 1960 pamphlet taken on January 19, 2023 by Jennifer Pfaff of the Burlingame Historical Society. The pamphlet contains an address by Leigh Fisher, President of Leigh Fisher & Associates Airport Consultants given at the Fall Quarterly Dinner of the San Mateo County Development Association. The dinner was held at the Hilton Inn at the San Francisco International Airport on October 4, 1960. ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Air Traffic Controller at San Francisco International Airport, 1964 - Negative

   Air Traffic Controller at San Francisco International Airport, 1964. Black and white negative shows an Air Traffic Controller in a control tower at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). A man appears in profile at lower left in the image sitting at a desk in front of air traffic control panels. He holds a telephone to his ear and writes on a sheet of paper lying on the desk. The control room has large glass windows with a view to the airport...

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Bay Aviation Services at Mills Field Terminal, San Francisco International Airport - Negative

    Black and white negative of Bay Aviation Service Company operations at Mils Field Terminal at the San Francisco International Airport. Several aircraft are staged on the tarmac in front of the operations buildings. A helicopter appears at center with a row of four turboprop aircraft just behind. A man stands at each aircraft except for the turboprop airplane at far right.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Bay Aviation Services at San Francisco International Airport, 1960 - Negative

    Bay Aviation Services at San Francisco International Airport, 1960. Black and white negative of Bay Aviation Services Company technicians working on a plane's electronics at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in the general aviation terminal (formerly Mills Field Terminal). There are five technicians working on a small two-engine propeller plane in a hangar. Two technicians are working on the radio in front of the cockpit and a third techn...

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Cargo Plane Crash at San Francisco International Airport, 1962 - Negative

    Cargo Plane Crash at San Francisco International Airport, 1962. Black and white negative of a Lockheed Constellation cargo plane crash at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The plane is resting on the tarmac and its fuselage is split along the middle. The nose cone has broken off from the front of the plane. There is foam and water on the tarmac and on the plane. Two firefighters spray water on the plane, one by the cockpit and the other ...

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. 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...

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Farewell to Mills Field - Tape, Audio Reel

    Farewell to Mills Field, May 14, 1966. Audio of "Farewell to Mills Field," a program of the San Mateo County Historical Association on the history of aeronautics at Mills airfield. The event was held on May 14, 1966 at the former administration building of Mills Field (now San Francisco International Airport). Includes multiple speakers from the airline industry. Recorded on one Scotch 1/4 inch audio tape. Total time 02:00:44

    Record Type: Archive

    
15. 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

    
16. General Aviation Testing of Electronic Aircraft Equipment at Mills Field, San Francisco International Airport - Negative

    Black and white negative shows an engineer in a white jumpsuit sitting at a desk testing electronic aircraft equipment at the Mills Field Terminal of the San Francisco International Airport.

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. History 315: Notes on San Mateo County - Textbook

    History 315: Notes on San Mateo County, 1977. Booklet used in Alan Hynding's History 315 class at the College of San Mateo. The front and back cover are yellow paper with a black plastic strip binding. Topics include: San Mateo County: An Overview San Mateo County: The Physical Setting The First San Mateans San Mateo Logging Railroads and Trolleys The Watershed: Spring Valley Lakes Earthquake Country The Airport Redwood City San Mateo ...

    Record Type: Archive

    
18. 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

    
19. Jim McPherson and Pan-American Plane, 1960 - Negative

    Jim McPherson and Pan-American Plane, 1960. Black and white negative of Jim McPherson, Chief Executive Officer of Airborne Freight Corporation. McPherson stands on a grassy field next to a tarmac at San Francisco International Airport. He wears a dark suit and has his arms folded across his chest. A Pan-American World Airways airplane is landing in the background. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. Mills Field General Aviation Hangar Construction at San Francisco International Airport - Negative

    Black and white negative of Mills Field General Aviation hangar construction at San Francisco International Airport. Four turboprop aircraft and one helicopter are parked in a row in front of the hanger.

    Record Type: Photo

    
21. Observation Deck at San Francisco International Airport, November 1962 - Negative

    Observation Deck at San Francisco International Airport, November 1962. Black and white negative shows a woman and two children on a control tower observation deck at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The woman holds a young boy as he sits on a concrete ledge with his legs hanging over the side, pointing toward the airport. A girl can be seen just past the boy, also sitting with her legs hanging over the ledge (presumably being held by a...

    Record Type: Photo

    
22. Operations at San Francisco International Airport, 1964 - Negative

    Operations at San Francisco International Airport, 1964. Black and white photo negative of American Airllines engine at San Francisco International Airport. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    
23. 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

    
24. Pacific Southwest Airlines Electra Jet with Passengers Disembarking on San Francisco International Airport Tarmac - Negative

    Black and white negative shows passengers disembarking onto tarmac from the front and back doors of a Pacific Southwest Airlines Electra "Jet" turboprop airliner at San Francisco International Airport.

    Record Type: Photo

    
25. 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