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  1. 04-SM-186-X6.9-X7.6. Route 82 to Route 101. - Document File

    04-San Mateo-186-X6.9-X7.6. Route 82 to Route 101, 1968-1974. Right of way acquisition documents for parcels of land in San Mateo County. This file shows undeveloped lands owned by the San Francisco International Airport in San Bruno needed for construction of the I-380 and Highway 101 Interchange.

    Record Type: Archive

    04-San Mateo-186-X6.9-X7.6. Route 82…, 1968-1974
  2. 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.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial of Cargo Area at San Francisco International Airport Looking North
  3. 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

    Aerial of Rick Helicopters, Inc. Hangar, American Airlines Hangar, and Offi
  4. Aerial of San Francisco International Airport Runway Covered with Snow, Looking West, 1962 - Negative

    Black and white negative shows an aerial view looking west of a runway covered in snow at the San Francisco International Airport. Sweeney Ridge and San Bruno are visible in the background. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial of San Francisco International Airport Runway Covered with Snow, Loo
  5. 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...

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial of United Airlines Maintenance Facility at San Francisco Internation
  6. Aerial View from San Francisco International Airport (SFO), 1961 - Negative

    Aerial View from San Francisco International Airport (SFO), 1961. Black and white negative shows an aerial view from the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) looking northwest. San Bruno, South San Francisco, and Oyster Point can be seen in the foreground. Past San Bruno Mountain is Brisbane, Daly City, San Francisco, the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay, and the Marin Headlands. Angel Island and Alcatraz can be seen in the upper right of th...

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View From San Francisco International Airport (SFO), 1961
  7. Aerial View of Ingold-Milldale Neighborhood in Burlingame, 1957 - Negative

    Aerial View of Ingold-Milldale Neighborhood in Burlingame, 1957. Black and white negative of the Ingold-Milldale neighborhood in Burlingame looking east towards the San Francisco Bay. El Camino Real is in the lower foreground of the image and Trousdale Drive is below it. California Drive and the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks can also be seen in the center. The Guittard Chocolate Factory is situated along the railroad tracks. The Bayshore Freew...

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of Ingold-Milldale Neighborhood in Burlingame, 1957
  8. 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

    Aerial View of San Francisco International Airport, 1962
  9. 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

    Aerial View of San Francisco International Airport and Surrounding Cities,
  10. Air Cargo Operations at San Francisco International Airport,1965 - Negative

    Air Cargo Operations at San Francisco International Airport,1965. Black and white aerial photo negative of cargo storage and loading operations at San Francisco Int'l Airport. Part of series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Air Cargo Operations at San Francisco International Airport,1965
  11. 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

    Aircraft Ground Control Tower Operations at San Francisco International Air
  12. 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

    Airplane Takeoff at San Francisco International Airport, 1964
  13. 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

    Airports Will Be Downtown By 1970!
  14. 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

    Air Traffic Controller at San Francisco International Airport, 1964
  15. 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
  16. 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

    Bay Aviation Services at San Francisco International Airport, 1960
  17. Beautiful Burlingame - Film, Motion Picture

    Beautiful Burlingame, 1937. Color silent film promotes the city of Burlingame as, "An ideal community where 20,000 people enjoy the pleasures of a suburban life in a perfect climate glorified by beautiful homes, gardens and healthful recreation." Scenes include: residential homes, apartments, and estates; flower gardens; parks; sports facilities; downtown shops; government buildings; transportation facilities; views of the landscape. Recorded on ...

    Record Type: Archive

    Burlingame
  18. Burlingame Red Cross Assists Passenger Boarding TWA Plane at SFO, December 1949 - Negative

    Burlingame Red Cross Assists Passenger Boarding TWA Plane at SFO, December 1949. Black and white negative shows a woman from the Burlingame Red Cross helping a passenger in a wheelchair board a Trans World Airlines (TWA) plane at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The image shows a woman wearing a Red Cross uniform who is pushing another woman in a wheel chair at center. A man with his back to the camera talks to them at right. The woman ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Burlingame Red Cross Assists Passenger Boarding TWA Plane at SFO, December
  19. 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

    Cargo Plane Crash at San Francisco Int'l Airport (SFO), 1962
  20. 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

    Cargo Terminals at SFO, 1958
  21. Celebrity Marlene Dietrich at San Francisco Internationaol Airport, September 24, 1964 - Negative

    Celebrity Marlene Dietrich at San Francisco Internationaol Airport, September 24, 1964. Black and white photo negative of Marlene Dietrich at press conference at San Francisco International Airport. Part of a series ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Celebrity Marlene Dietrich at San Francisco Internationaol Airport, Septemb
  22. Construction of the Thunderbird Hotel - Negative

    Construction of the Thunderbird Hotel, 1960. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of construction on the Thunderbird Hotel in Millbrae. Millbrae Avenue appears on the left with the Bayshore Freeway (Highway 101) in the foreground. A runway at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and the San Francisco Bay can be seen at the top of the photograph. The Thunderbird Hotel was one of the first hotels to be constructed next to the Ingold-M...

    Record Type: Photo

    Construction of the Thunderbird Hotel in Ingold-Milldale, Burlingame, 1960
  23. DC3 Tail Wheel Shear Pin, c. 1936-1955 - Pin, Cotter

    DC3 Tail Wheel Shear Pin, c. 1936-1955. Used to lock the airplane's tail wheel in the straight position for take-off and landing. Cylindrical metal tube with screw ridges at end. Other end has opening and screw ridges inside hole. Embossed yellow text on black label strips circumventing metal tube. Clear tape over labels secure labels to metal tube.

    Record Type: Object

    DC3 Airplane Tail Wheel Sheer Pin
  24. Delta Air Lines Flight Documents - Document, Travel

    Delta Air Lines Flight Documents, 1979. Documents include boarding passes for Linda and Craig Corwin flying between San Francisco, CA, Atlanta, GA, and Charleston, SC. 2025.004.002.1 - Paper boarding passes in envelope, 3.875 x 8.25 inches 2025.004.002.2 to .3 Seat assignment stubs, SFO to ATL, April 19, 1979, 4.375 x 3.25 inches 2025.004.002.3 - Baggage claim ticket, CHS, 3.125 x 2 inches 2025.004.002.4 - Seat assignment stubs, CHS, ...

    Record Type: Archive

    2025.004.002.1
  25. Delta Air Lines System Route Map - Map

    Delta Air Lines System Route Map, Revised June 1978. Double-sided color map shows information on Delta Air Lines flights offered in 1978. The front side shows a relief map of North America with white lines indicating flight routes across and between countries. The other side contains an image of the earth along the lower third of the page with a Delta airplane flying upward at lower right. Text and small graphics appear in vertical columns agains...

    Record Type: Archive

    Delta Air Lines System Route Map, Revised June 1978

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