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“Fashion In Flight: A History of Airline Uniform Design” was on display, from June 16, 2016 to January 08, 2017 in the International Terminal and the Aviation Museum and Library. See our exhibition catalog online at: https://bit.ly/FashioninFlight
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United Air Lines stewardess uniform 1965
Travilla
Blouse by R.W. McClain & Associates
Hat by Mae Hanauer
Gift of United Airlines Historical Foundation
Blouse insignia, hat insignia: Gift of Edith Lauterbach
2006.028.136, .187, 2012.100.040-.042, .059 a b
The short sleeve blouse has a banded waist and an attached jabot neckpiece for the insignia pin. Smart looking and allowing greater ease of mobility for the demands of jet service, it was issued from 1965 to 1968 and became known as “the cheerleader” because of its flared skirt.
Well known for dressing Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood costume designer and Academy Award winner, William Travilla (1920–1990) created this synthetic blend, summer seasonal ensemble for United in a new color named Blue Frost. The lightly fitted jacket has a distinct chelsea collar and a three-quarter-length sleeve with a detachable dropped cuff.
See “A Brutal, Beautiful Life” by Beau Gaughran in the Video Arts Gallery, located pre-security in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall, and open daily from 8:00am to 10:00pm. Learn more about this month’s films at: https://bit.ly/Video-Arts
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Filmmaker Beau Gaughran captures the vast, rugged beauty of the Rocky Mountains and high desert through the powerful connections made by ranching women with their dogs, horses, and cattle.
See “Ricardo Alvarado: Capturing a Cultural Legacy” on display, pre-security, in Terminal 3 and online at: https://bit.ly/3VDJLvm
The Smithsonian first displayed an exhibition of Alvarado’s photography, “Through My Father’s Eyes,” in 2002. Since then, Janet has curated exhibitions throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Stanford University Libraries now permanently holds the collection of Alvarado’s work, and Janet continues to work tirelessly to share her father’s legacy.
Janet Alvarado, the daughter of Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado (1914–76), discovered a tremendous archive of nearly 3,000 negatives and photographs in her parents’ garage after her father’s death in 1976. Astonished that her father had never discussed his photography with her, she realized the important treasure she had uncovered. In 1998, Janet established The Alvarado Project to ensure the preservation of her father’s unique cultural record of Filipino American life in CA.
See “Harvey Milk: Messenger of Hope” located, pre-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and read the full exhibition catalog online at: http://bit.ly/HarveyMilkExhibition
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Harvey Milk participating in the Gay Freedom Day
parade with campaign manager Anne Kronenberg
behind the wheel June 25, 1978
Photograph by bil paul (b. 1943)
Courtesy of the photographer
R2020.0607.001
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“She was tough, you had to be,” former California Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, who was also a contemporary of Milk at the time, recalled. “But she was also lovely, she has a great heart. She did a lot symbolically because women were not involved. We all thought we were liberals, but there was under-representation of women. And she held herself with the boys.”
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