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Zuber et Cie began producing panoramic papers in the 1800s and continues to produce wallpaper to this day. This unique wallpaper created a breathtaking panoramic experience with all the walls in a room covered with non-repeating scenes. These mural-like papers transformed rooms. Generating a set of scenic wallpaper requires anywhere from over one hundred to several thousand printing blocks to create a scenic paper set. The firm uses the original antique printing blocks, which the French Ministry of Culture has designated as Historical Monuments. Over 150,000 woodblocks are stored in the factory’s historic cellars. “Zuber: The Art of French Scenic Wallpaper” is on display pre-security in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/ZuberScenicWallpaper . . . #ZuberScenicWallpaper #wallpaper #zuber #scenicwallpaper #interiordesign #museum #design

On August 22, 1938, Pan American Airways signed a ten-year lease with San Francisco for a base at Treasure Island. In 1935, Pan Am inaugurated the world’s first transoceanic service in fixed-wing aircraft with service to Asia from its base at Alameda on San Francisco Bay. The airline’s fleet of flying boats, such as the famous China Clipper, put the San Francisco Bay Area at the leading edge of long-range commercial aviation. Image: Pan American Airways, Boeing 314, 01/1939. Gift of Reid W. Dennis. 2010.244.001 . . . #PanAm #PanAmerican #museum #avgeek #SFhistory

During the 1800s, many designers were drawn to Classical, Gothic, Egyptian, and Renaissance art and architecture. As with Egypt, archaeological treasures from the ancient Greek and Roman worlds were acquired by museums for public display, and styles were commonly disseminated through periodicals written for architects, furniture makers, and the general public. As a result, Egyptian elements were commonly combined with other revival styles popular at the time. The pedestals shown here are an excellent example of how styles and materials were often eclectically intermixed. They exhibit gilt decoration against ebonized wood and display both Egyptian and Renaissance Revival motifs, pairing together sphinx and lion heads. “The Style of Display: Victorian Pedestals” is on display pre-security in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/VictorianPedestals . . . #VictorianPedestals #victorian #pedestals #victorianfurniture #victoriana #design #decorativeart #interiorstyle #museum

Lists of endangered and extinct insects are always dominated by butterflies. Butterflies are charismatic daytime flyers that visit flowers on sunny afternoons. So, it is easy to understand why people notice when they disappear. No doubt, countless species of insects are on the brink of extinction, or already gone, which we will never know about because they are small, dull, or hide from view. Small gossamer-wing butterflies (blues, coppers, and hairstreaks) in particular are often limited to open habitats in small geographic ranges with very specific food plant requirements. A new housing development or golf course can easily erase a population. For instance, the Xerces blue butterfly, first described in 1852, once graced the sand dunes of San Francisco’s shoreline, but went extinct in the 1940s as a result of urban development. Extinction is forever, and awareness is our best weapon to combat it. See “The Intriguing World of Insects” on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/IntriguingInsects . . . #IntriguingInsects #WorldofInsects #insects #Entomology #sbutterflies #butterfly #museum #endangeredspecies #extinct

It's National Aviation Day! What are your favorite aviation memories? #NationalAviationDay #aviation #avgeek #avationgeek San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Terminal Building and United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 1959 SFO Museum Collection 2011.032.0525

The Urban School is an independent high school in San Francisco whose mission is to ignite a passion for learning and to inspire students to become self-motivated, enthusiastic participants in their education, both in high school and beyond. During the 2018/2019 academic year, student photographers at the Urban School completed a long-term project where they engaged with and reflected upon the contemporary landscape through their perspective as young adults living in the Bay Area. At the beginning of the project, students visited This Land, an exhibition at Pier 24 Photography, an institution in San Francisco that houses the permanent collection of the Pilara Foundation and is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting photography. Using This Land as inspiration, students studied the artists exhibited at Pier 24 Photography during the course of the semester while developing their own projects and visual interpretation of “this land.” . . . #StudentArt #UrbanSchool #ThisLand #photography #highschool