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  1. 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

    Bay Aviation Services at Mills Field Terminal, San Francisco International
  2. Hiller Aviation Building in Menlo Park, 1961 - Negative

    Hiller Aviation Building in Menlo Park, 1961. Black and white negative of a model posing while a helicopter takes off in the front parking lot of the Hiller Aviation building in Menlo Park. The model wears a sheer white dress that is being blown upwards by the helipcopter, exposing her undergarments (not unlike Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch"). She has her hands on her head to keep her hair from being blown around and wears white high-hee...

    Record Type: Photo

    Hiller Aviation Building in Menlo Park, 1961
  3. Pan American CD-6 Cargo Plane and Hiller Helicopter, 1960 - Negative

    Pan American CD-6 Cargo Plane and Hiller Helicopter, 1960. Black and white negative of a Pan American CD-6 cargo plane being loaded while a Hiller Aircraft Corporation helicopter takes off at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The plane has four propeller engines. Part of series 1400.

    Record Type: Photo

    Pan American CD-6 Cargo Plane and Hiller Helicopter, 1960
  4. Photographs of Frederick Grant Haney's auto-gyro/helicopter - Print, Photographic

    Photographs of Frederick Grant Haney's auto-gyro/helicopter, 20th century. Also includes two thin black and white photo negatives, and a piece of paper titled "History Detectives".

    Record Type: Photo

  5. San Francisco International Airport, 1958 - Negative

    San Francisco International Airport, 1958. Black and white negative of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) terminal with an Alouette Jet Helicopter flying above. There are four people in the helicopter and signage on its side reads, "EXPERIMENTAL / N-504." A large sculpture entitled "Peace" by Beniamino Bufano is being erected in front of the airport. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    San Francisco International Airport, 1958
  6. The Rescue - Painting

    "The Rescue" by Edith Ford, c. 1970s-1980s. Watercolor on paper depicts a rescue by helicopter. The figurative scene shows a dark sky in which a helicopter hovers above three figures. Two figures sit and one stands on what appears to be a raft made with shards of wood. The standing figure wears a red jacket and blue pants. The seated figure at left wears a blue-green jacket and the other seated figure on right has an orange jacket. All three face...

    Record Type: Object

    "The Rescue" by Edith Ford, c. 1970s-1980s
  7. Untitled [Lyndon B. Johnston Group Portrait] - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [Lyndon B. Johnston Group Portrait], c. 1960s-1973. Black and white photograph shows Lyndon B. Johnson standing outdoors with six men for a group photograph. Part of a helicopter can be seen in the background at left. A few other individuals are partially visible standing around the main group.

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Lyndon B. Johnston Group Portrait], c. 1960s-1973
  8. Untitled [Robert M. Halperin's 50th Birthday Celebration] - Photograph, Color

    Untitled [Robert M. Halperin's 50th Birthday Celebration], June 1978. This color photograph shows an image from Robert M. Halperin's 50th birthday celebration at Burgess Park in Menlo Park, California. Halperin appears in a grassy field in front of a helicopter wearing two cameras and a black bag around his neck. The helicopter is painted with orange and black stripes and a man is visible standing at the side entrance to the helicopter with his b...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled (Robert M. Halperin's 50th Birthday Celebration), June 1978

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