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Hand painted signs for barbershops and hairdressers have a rich history in Africa. Barbers and hairdressers are responsible for most of the intricately braided women’s hairstyles. Barbershops and hair salons may consist of a simple structure with a hand-painted sign nailed to its exterior. Female hairstylists often hang several signs depicting dozens of different braided hairstyles for clients to consider with clever titles. See more hand painted signs for barber shops and hairdressers from all over West Africa and Kenya in “Extra ‘O”! African Barbershop and Hairdressing Signs,” online at: http://bit.ly/Extrao . . . #ExtraO #Africa #AfricanBarbershop #AfricanHairdessing #hair #MuseumFromHome @handpaintedkenya @andrewesiebo @indigoartsgallery @erniewolfegallery @thenigerbend

Following Pan American World Airways’ introduction of the Boeing 747 in January 1970, BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) received deliveries of the aircraft and launched transatlantic service in April 1971 between London and New York. The 747 offered a comfortable, roomy, and luxurious cabin interior. In an advertisement, BOAC proclaimed, “you will hardly believe you're in an aircraft” and described the jumbojet’s interior as “very like a cinema auditorium,” yet with larger seats and superior food. The airline also touted the unique and opulent upstairs first-class lounge. See “Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” online at: http://bit.ly/WidebodyAV . . . #WidebodyAV #avgeek #Widebody #jumbojet #aircraftmodel #flightattendant #747 #MuseumFromHome

#Onthisday in 1926, Walter T. Varney, a flight school and air taxi operator from San Francisco, launched his air mail service. His company, Varney Air Lines, was acquired by United Aircraft and Transport Corporation in 1930. United Airlines originated from a merger of several early air transport companies, including Varney Air Lines. Image: Leon D. Cuddleback, chief pilot for Varney Air Lines, c. 1926. Gift of United Airlines Archives. 1999.047.184 . . . #united #MuseumFromHome #avgeek

Happy 150th birthday to Golden Gate Park, part of @sfrecpark. Established in 1870, the park required meticulous planning and diligent planting by Park Superintendent John McClaren as the north west side of San Francisco was mostly sand dunes. This circa 1920 photograph of Golden Gate Park and San Francisco by 20th century aviator and engineer, Stanley H. Page, shows the park along side the undeveloped sand dunes of what would become the Sunset. See more 1920s photos of the Bay Area in "Above the Bay: The Aerial Photography of Stanley Page" online at: http://bit.ly/StanleyHenryPage

Founded in 2011, the Art School of San Francisco Bay grew from the desire to teach classical art skills to students in a manner that appeals to a wide audience. The organization offers a weekly Manga Drawing Club consisting of children and teens. Manga, a popular Japanese art in the form of comic books, tells stories through pictures and words. The club provides a safe learning environment. Students can collaborate on stories and drawings and explore what they love about them under the guidance of classically trained and open-minded teachers who enjoy the craft as much as the students. The artwork in this exhibition was created by Art School of San Francisco Bay’s Manga Drawing Club students, ages ten to seventeen. See drawings from the Art School of San Francisco Bay’s Manga Drawing Club (@artschoolsfbay) online at: http://bit.ly/2v4hapo . . . #MangaDrawingClub #Manga #ArtSchool #comicbooks #comicbook #studentart

In the 1930s, Pan American Airways embarked on a multiyear project to establish transpacific air service and created a route that included multiple island layovers. To build bases at Honolulu, Midway, Wake, Guam, and Manila, the 15,000-ton steamer ship North Haven was chartered and docked at Pier 22 in San Francisco. The ship sailed #onthisday in 1935, carefully loaded in sequence with two pre-fabricated villages, five air bases, a quarter million gallons of fuel, motor launches, barges, tractors, generators, and fifty-foot timbers to build radio towers. See “China Clipper” online at: http://bit.ly/chinaclipper Image: Ship “North Haven,” Pan American Airways, Pacific-Alaska Division, 1935. Gift of William E. Talbott. 2012.151.083 . . . #ChinaClipper #panam #avgeek #MuseumFromHome